Proffitt v. Hardigree

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

—Reversing.

This is an action for claim and delivery of a truck. The questions before us are whether the trial court •properly excluded certain testimony and directed a verdict for the claimant.

The action is by the administratrix of the estate of A. B. Hardigree, in which she claims ownership of a truck by her intestate and her right to possess it. The defendant, George Proffitt, claimed the truck had been purchased for and given to him by the deceased. Hardigree, who lost his life in January, 1946, was a man of several business activities in Clay…