J. T. Camp Transfer & Warehouse Co. v. Bonham
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. B. Smith. Action by Ida Bonham against the J. T. Camp Transfer & Warehouse Company for damages for conversion. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. B. Smith. Action by Ida Bonham against the J. T. Camp Transfer & Warehouse Company for damages for conversion. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. The third count is as follows: “Plaintiff claims of defendant $1,000 as damages, for that heretofore, to wit, on or about the 10th day of February, 1911, defendant was engaged in the business of keeping or storing goods, wares, or merchandise for hire in the city of Birmingham, and on or about said day undertook to store and keep for plaintiff the following described…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
It is contended in the brief of the counsel for the appellant that count 3 of the complaint was subject to demurrer on the grounds suggesting its failure to show a conversion of the plaintiffs property by the defendant. The allegations of that count to the effect that specified goods belonging to the plaintiff and stored with or kept by the defendant for hire were by the latter wrongfully sold or otherwise disposed of sufficiently show that the defendant committed an action-, able conversion by depriving the plaintiff of her personal property by an unauthorized disposition of it.— May v.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ryan v. YoungSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Baker v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Stamps v. ThomasAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
- Barwick v. RackleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1871
- May v. O'NealSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899