Hicks v. Moyer

On February 23, 1911, Hicks filed an action of trover in the city court of Atlanta, against Moyer and his wife, seeking to recover possession of certain insurance policies and other documents alleged to be the property of the petitioner. The petition averred, that about June 15, 1905, the petitioner left with the defendants, for safe-keeping, a trunk containing the property in question; that about five weeks later he called for the trunk and contents, and upon inspection discovered that the property sued for had been removed.. “Petitioner then and there demanded the return of the same, which…