Smith v. Williamston Mills

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabeer.

An action in claim and delivery for the possession of two bales of cotton or the value of same.

The plaintiff alleged in his complaint that he was the owner and entitled to possession of two bales of cotton, of a certain grade and weight named, and that the same cotton had been delivered by one T. O. Cooper to the defendant on or about October 20, 1924; that the said property was wrongfully withheld by the defendant for the purpose of depriving the plaintiff of the said property; and that plaintiff had made demand on the defendant…