Munger v. Cox

On the nights of January 3-4, 1924, the store of the plaintiff in error, Otto Munger, at Antioch, in Fluvanna county, Virginia, was broken into and various articles, such as a pair of shoes, overalls, union suits, dry goods, socks, pocket kniyes, etc., were taken therefrom. During the early part of that night it rained, but after one *578o’clock it cleared off — and the ground became slightly frozen, with frost upon it.

Early in the morning of the fourth (Friday), Munger and his brother, W. D. Munger, discovered that the store had been broken into. They found some tracks upon the ground near the…