Stanley v. People's Sav. Bank

BROWN, Justice.

To maintain the action of trover for the conversion of the cotton, the plaintiff must have had title, general or special, and possession or the right of immediate possession at the time of the conversion. Granade v. United States Lumber & Cotton Co., 224 Ala. 185, 189 So. 409; Sullivan v. Miller, 224 Ala. 395, 140 So. 606; Assets, Realization Co. v. Ganus, 25 Ala. App. 113, 141 So. 721; Barksdale et al. v. Strickland & Hazard, 220 Ala. 86, 124 So. 234; 27 Alabama and Southern Digest, Trover and Conversion, pages 342-344, &wkey;16.

The evidence was without dispute that the cotton…