BEN HYMAN & COMPANY v. Solow

Jordan, Judge.

Conversion is the gist of trover. Southern Express Co. v. Sinclair, 130 Ga. 372 (60 S. E. 849). It must be shown to support a recovery. Raines v. Graham, 85 Ga. App. 815 (70 S. E. 2d 125). Where the defendant admits possession of the property in question at the time the suit is brought or there is proof of such possession, a demand and refusal to deliver constitutes a prima facie showing of conversion by the defendant, which stands unless overcome by other evidence. Mitchell & Co. v. A. C. L. R. Co., 34 Ga. App. 437, 440 (129 S. E. 901). Where, however, the defendant denies…