Alexander v. Garland

Trover for the conversion of a bale of cotton, instituted by Garland, a mortgagee of Boozer,- who raised the cotton in 1920, against Alexander, who bought the cotton that) fall from Boozer. There was judgment for plaintiff. Two errors are assigned. The defendant (appellant) sought to introduce in evidence a mortgage executed subsequently to Garland’s mortgage, by Boozer to the Tennessee Valley Bank. On objection, this mortgage was excluded. The mortgage to the bank was irrelevant to any issue between the parties, Alexander not being shown to have been in any wise interested in or the holder…