Godwin v. Mitchell

Venie Godwin Mitchell brought an action in trover to recover from E. A. Godwin an automobile which she claimed by virtue of an alleged gift from the mother of E. A. Godwin. The action was against E. A. Godwin (who represented the estate of the alleged donor of the automobile as administrator thereof) individually. The record shows that possession of the automobile was surrendered to the plaintiff in error because of his contention that the alleged gift was void because it was not in writing. He contended that he claimed the car as the administrator, and not in his individual capacity, and…