Jones v. Frye and Anders Equipment Company

CATES, Judge.

Jones, having been assessed a total of $797.96 by a jury in a detinue action against him, appeals to us. There is no cross appeal.

The trial judge, in summing up the case in his oral charge, stated:

“Now, gentlemen, this is what we commonly call, as has been stated to you, a detinue suit; and ordinarily they are short. Most of the time they do not amount to too much. The complaint in this case simply says that the plaintiff claims of the defendant the following personal property, to-wit, and describes it. This International Motor truck with the value of the hire or use thereof…