Grantham v. Lance

1. Where personal property has been left by the owner with an agent, to be kept by the latter until called for, and the agent refuses to deliver it on demand, a possessory warrant will lie for its recovery, Meredith v. Knott, 34 Ga. 222; Sheriff v. Thompson, 116 Ga. 436 (42 S. E. 738); Allen v. Wheeler, 121 Ga. 277 (48 S. E. 923). In such a *556ease the general rule that the possession must have been acquired eithei violently or fraudulently does not apply.

Decided October 7, 1913. Petition for certiorari; from Fannin superior court — Judge Morris. December 31, 1912. Thomas A. Brown, Samuel Allen,…