Wall v. . Holloman

ALLEN and WALKER, JJ., dissent. Two actions were brought and by consent are consolidated.

The action is brought to recover for the wrongful conversion of certain sawmill logs cut from the Gatlin land, by Tully Gatlin, who transported them to the water at Sumner's Landing and there sold them to the defendant, Luther Holloman, for $84.07, admitted to be the value of the logs at the water.(276) It is admitted that the logs measured 12,010 feet and were worth in the woods where cut and converted by Tully Gatlin $2 per thousand feet. Defendant before trial tendered judgment for $24 and costs.

It is…