Gordon v. Alexander

Plaintiff sued defendant in trover. The declaration contained a count claiming special damages for injury to his business and credit because defendant unlawfully took his goods froth him. He recovered a judgment of upwards of $1,800. The charge of the court contains a statement of the claims of the respective parties, and is as follows:

“Previous to November 12, 1891, Alexander McDonald *108had been engaged in the mercantile business at Tyre, in this county, — general merchandise. At that date he was largely indebted, and on that date he made a sale of his entire business to the plaintiff in this…