Bateman v. Ryder
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHERRY. Appeal in ■ error from Circuit Court of Shelby Comity. J. S. G-alroway, J.
1Opinion of the CourtWilkes, J.
This is an action of trover brought by a mother against her daughter and her husband for the conversion of a guitar, four pictures, and a trunk containing clothing and manuscripts of prose, and poetry composed by the plaintiff’s former husband.
The action was commenced before a Justice of the Peace, and the damages were laid at $500. There was a trial before the Court and a jury on appeal from the . Justice, .when there was a verdict and judgment for $200, and -defendants have appealed to this Court.
The first three assignments go to the measure of damages.
Testimony was admitted to show a…
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