Planter's Bank v. Lummus Cotton Gin Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Action for $5,000 damages, actual and punitive, on account of the alleged wrongful act of the defendant in removing and converting to its own use certain gin machinery, from a ginhouse and lot belonging to one J. P. Clinkscales. The plaintiff held a real estate mortgage upon the ginhouse and lot, executed before the machinery was installed on the lot. The defendant held a chattel mortgage upon the machinery executed-after it had been paid for and installed. The plaintiff contends that the machinery was installed in such a way as to…