Parramore v. Smith

THOMAS, J.:

The appellees brought an action in replevin to recover from the appellant certain antique furniture of considerable value. It is undisputed that the property was originally owned by Archer Smith, father of appellees, who are full brothers despite the variation in surnames. When the father died in 1913 the property became appellees’, or at least they regarded it as theirs, and thenceforth, in the hands of C. P. Smith it remained, by agreement of the brothers, until about 1934. There is much conflict, however, in the stories of appellant and appellee C. P. Smith about the…