Flannery v. Harley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah-March 28, 1902. in error, cited, on cash or credit sale : Civil Code, § 3940; 103 Ga. 186; 107 Ga. 772; 69 Ga. 747; 46 Ga. 280; 1 Bouv. L. Die. 245; 5-Am. & Eng. Ene. L. (2d ed.) 757; 8 Yt. 252; 24 Yt. 85 ; 1 Wend.. 490; 1 Nott & M. 517; 32 Yt. 620 ; 7 Wis. 253. On demand: 1 Ga. 391; Mech. Ag. § 1050; 24 Am.
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Trover. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah-March 28, 1902. in error, cited, on cash or credit sale : Civil Code, § 3940; 103 Ga. 186; 107 Ga. 772; 69 Ga. 747; 46 Ga. 280; 1 Bouv. L. Die. 245; 5-Am. & Eng. Ene. L. (2d ed.) 757; 8 Yt. 252; 24 Yt. 85 ; 1 Wend.. 490; 1 Nott & M. 517; 32 Yt. 620 ; 7 Wis. 253. On demand: 1 Ga. 391; Mech. Ag. § 1050; 24 Am. R. 360; 39 Minn. 419, 456; 34 Neb. 703 ; 92 Ky. 320 ; 56 L. J. Q. B.- 301. cited (beside cases-referred to in the opinion), on conversion and demand: 75 Ga. 342, 697; 88 Ga. 782. On measure of recovery, etc.: 85. Ga. 445 ; 89 Ga. 76:110…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
An action of trover was instituted by Harley against tbe plaintiffs in error, the purpose of which was to recover possession of twenty-five bales of sea-island cottgji to which he claimed title. He prevailed in the suit, a money verdict for $930.73 being returned in his favor. Dissatisfied with this outcome of the case, the defendants made a motion for a new trial, based on numerous grounds; but it was overruled, and they excepted. This motion presented the questions of law with which we will undertake to deal at proper length in the discussion which follows.
1. One of the contentions of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miller v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Randle v. Stone & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- National Bank v. Augusta Cotton & Compress Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Sparrow v. Pate & Bros.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1880
- Savannah Cotton-Press Ass'n v. MacIntyreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
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- Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. v. Moore & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905