Williams v. Roberts

1. Although “an agent who for and in behalf of his principal takes the property of another without the latter’s consent is as to him guilty of a conversion, although being ignorant of the true owner’s title the agent may have acted in perfect good faith; and such agent may be sued in trover for the property, even after his delivery of it to his principal” (Miller v. Wilson, 98 Ga. 567; Coley v. Dortch & Co., 139 Ga. 239; Alexander v. Coyne, 143 Ga. 696; McConnell v. Prince, 12 Ga. App. 54; Sappington v. Rimes, 21 Ga. App. 810; Broadway Apartment Co. v. Barnett, 30 Ga. App. 562; Bush v.…