Blue v. Hooks

The suit was for detinue, trover, and money had and received.

We have examined the evidence, and there are ample, reasonable inferences that may be drawn which supported the verdict of the jury. McMillan v. Aiken, 205 Ala. 35, 40, 88 So. 135.

It was without error that Sirs. Farnell, the owner and operator of the public gin, was permitted to testify that she gave instructions that plaintiff’s bale of cotton be turned over, and the bale of cotton in question showed by stains on the side that it had been on the wet ground in like position. It was a circumstance, with the other evidence of marking,…