Jones v. Garage Equipment Co.

The Garage Equipment Company filed an action of trover and an affidavit for bail, to recover possession of an automobile described by number and also as the “Dr. Chappell car.” In the petition the value of the car was alleged to be $350, and the value of the hire was fixed at $30.10. The original petition was filed June 10, 1911, and the defendant filed a plea August 26, 1911. In the defendant’s answer it appeared that he had surrendered possession of the automobile to the officer who seized it, but it does not appear from the record that the plaintiff, desiring possession of the automobile,…