Plunkett-Jarrell Grocery Co. v. Terry

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

Appellee, Terry, recovered judgment against appellants "because of their conversion of Ms merchandise, book accounts, and other property. The appellants urge only one point for reversal : i. e., the instructions regarding damages for conversion of the book accounts.

For many years, appellee, A. O. Terry, was a country merchant in Saline County, operating a store and two sales trucks to adjacent rural areas. On November 22, 1949, Terry went from his store to Little Rock, for the announced purposes of buying merchandise and paying some bills from cash on his person. He…