Woodham v. Cash
Court of Appeals of Georgia
“In estimating the value of personalty unlawfully detained, the plaintiff may recover the highest amount which he can prove between the time of the conversion and the trial.” Civil Code, § 4514. The time of the conversion referred to in this section is the time when the defendant himself converted to his own use the property sued for. Trover; from city court of Tifton—Judge E. Eve. March 14, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
L. V. Cash, the owner of an automobile, which he left at a certain garage in Tifton, found, on his return to that place after an absence of several weeks, that the machine had been levied upon by the bailiff of a justice's court, under and by virtue of a pretended writ of attachment, and that, at a void sale had thereunder, it was purchased by one G. S. Nelson (in good faith, so far as the record discloses) for $100. It appears that after Nelson had kept and used the car, replacing burst tires and making various repairs, he sold it to Woodham for $110, having expended altogether $30 or $40 on…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Elder v. Woodruff Hardware & Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
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