Sparks v. Bank of Georgia

Russell, Judge.

1. “Whoever takes and carries away the property of another without his consent is not absolved from liability as for a conversion by his own good faith in the transaction, and although he may take the property by the consent of one whom he mistakenly believes to be the owner, he still may be held as for a conversion, where he refuses on demand to surrender the property to the true owner. Flannery v. Harley, 117 Ga. 483 (2) (43 SE 765); Ocean Steamship Co. v. Southern States Naval Stores Co., 145 Ga. 798 (3) (89 SE 838); Haas v. Godby, 33 Ga. App. 218 (125 SE 897) and cit.”…