Allen-Figh Motor Co. v. Hodgkins Motor Co.

This suit was instituted by J. D. Hodgkins and W. C. Davis of Jackson, Miss., constituting the firm Hodgkins Motor Company, against the Allen-Figh Motor Company, a partnership composed of T. E. Allen and J. R. Figh of Childress county. The plaintiffs alleged that they were the owners of a certain automobile which was stolen from them by a man named Burd on or about August 30, 1928. They caused a writ of sequestration to be issued, and the property was taken from the possession of the defendants Allen-Figh Motor Company. The defendants having failed to replevy the property within ten days,…