Heath Sales Co. v. Bloodworth

Almand, Justice.

Heath Sales Company, Inc., C. L. Stephens and C. I. Martin brought separate trover suits in Bibb Superior Court against Jimmy Bloodworth for enumerated items of personal property to which they claimed title. Bloodworth, in his answer, alleged that the items of personal property were in his possession as Sheriff of Bibb' County; that they were slot machines and pinball machines and were gambling devices and contraband under the laws of Georgia and that they were seized by him under a lawfully executed search warrant. He prayed for an order authorizing him to destroy these…