Stanley W. Smith, Inc. v. Pilgrim

BARTLETT, J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a claim and delivery action, awarding plaintiff possession of a Peerless automobile, and damages for its detention. The complaint alleges that at the time of its filing, which was on November 30, 1925, plaintiff owned the automobile in question, that it was in possession of defendant, that plaintiff had demanded possession before bringing its suit, that defendant refused to deliver possession, that the car was of the value of $1,000, and that plaintiff had been damaged through defendant’s detention of the automobile in the sum of…