Dicks v. McAllister

Charles McAllister brought suit in detinue in the circuit court of Choctaw county for 108,000 feet of lumber, and Reubin Dicks defended as bailee for J. T. F. Hairston. There was a trial before the court without a jury, and judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the lumber, or its alternate value of $485. From this judgment the defendant appeals to this court.

The facts in this case are substantially as follows: J. T. F. Hairston and L. E. Loftis were. interested together in cutting timber near Mt. Sterling, in Choctaw county, Ala., under an agreement by which Hairston was to…