Fowler v. Kragel

1. An action in trover will lie on the part of the true owner of personal property against one who has converted such property to his own use, although the defendant in good faith and without notice of the owner’s title purchased it from an agent or bailee of such true owner who, however, had no authority to dispose of it, and although the defendant had also parted with possession of the property before suit was brought, but after notice of plaintiff’s claim. Miller v. Wilson, 98 Ga. 567 (25 S. E. 578, 58 Am. St. R. 319); Clarke Bros. v. McNatt, 132 Ga. 610, 617 (64 S. E. 795, 26 L. R. A.…