Wolff v. Zurga

THOMAS, Justice.

The suit was for conversion of staves. The complaint was laid as the time of the conversion under a videlicet, which was alleged to have been committed prior to the commencement of the suit. Corona Coal & Iron Co. v. Bryan, 171 Ala. 86, 54 So. 522, Ann. Cas. 1913A, 878; Howton v. Mathias, 197 Ala. 457, 461, 73 So. 92; Ballenger v. Ballenger, 205 Ala. 596, 88 So. 826; MacArthur Bros. Co. v. Middleton, 200 Ala. 147, 75 So. 895. The staves were shown to have been removed before the suit.

It is decided that the ownership of personal property may be stated as a fact by a witness.…