Bales v. Scott

Action by the appellee to recover the possession of a promissory note for $1,000, executed by Jesse Hendricks to John W. Smalley, and properly assigned to the appellee, and charging the unlawful detention of the note by the appellant after demand, to the damage of the appellee in the sum of, &c. There was a second paragraph charging a conversion of the proceeds of.the note. Answers and a reply vjcere filed. The cause was submitted to a jury for trial, who’ returned a verdict that the property claimed by the plaintiff had been unlawfully detained by the defendant, and assessed the damages.

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