Dunn v. Fairbanks-Morse Co.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Dunn v. Fairbanks-Morse Co.

91 S.E. 1005, 19 Ga. App. 548, 1917 Ga. App. LEXIS 230

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedMarch 20, 1917

Docket7973

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

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Dunn v. Fairbanks-Morse Co., 91 S.E. 1005, 19 Ga. App. 548, 1917 Ga. App. LEXIS 230 (Ga. Ct. App. 1917).

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Opinion

Luke, J.

1. The plaintiff having elected to sue in tort, by action of bail-trover, the action was not amendable by striking the trover suit and setting up a cause of action ex contractu. Croghan v. New York Underwriters’ Agency, 53 Ca. 109 (2) ; Teem v. Town of Ellijay, 89 Ga. 154 (2) (15 S. E. 33); Sharpe v. Columbus Iron Works, 136 Ga. 483 (71 S. E. 787); Hutchens v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway, 144 Ga. 312 (2) (87 S. E. 28).

2. The judge of the superior court erred in overruling the certiorari.

Judgment reversed.

Wade, O. J., and George, J., concur. M. Eerzberg, for plaintiff in error,

cited: Civil Code (1910), §§ 4500, 5521; Board of Education v. Day, 138 Ga. 164; 15 Cyc. 359; Palmour v. Durham, Fertilizer Co., 97 Ga. 344 (3); Lamb v. Moward, 145 Ga. 847 (lj.

Thomas E. Scott, Walter McElreath, contra,

cited: Acts 1913, p. 164.

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