Coley v. Dortch & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover. Before Judge Martin. Pulaski superior court. October 2, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtHim, J.
1. Where the answer to a petition for the recovery of personal property admits that the defendant was in possession of the property sought to be recovered, and that he held it for another and refused to deliver it to petitioner, no proof of conversion is necessary. Civil Code, § 4483.(a) Nor is it<4ieeessary that the possession be the defendant’s own, but it is sufficient if he holds it as agent of another. Miller v. Wilson, 98 Ga. 567 (25 S. E. 578, 58 Am. St. R. 319); Flannery v. Harley, 117 Ga. 483 (2), 486 (43 S. E. 765); Merchants Co. v. Moore, 134 Ga. 482 (52 S. E. 802).
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