Myers v. Lee & Co.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Myers v. Lee & Co.

95 S.E. 475, 22 Ga. App. 20, 1918 Ga. App. LEXIS 108

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedMarch 13, 1918

Docket8951

StatusPublished

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Wade, C. J.

1. The testimony of the.sheriff was that he had the property within his view and where he could control-it, and that he professed, to levy and assume control thereof by virtue of the attachment execution, and with the avowed purpose of holding tli,e same to answer the exigencies of the writ under which he acted (Corniff v. Cook, 95 Ga. 61, 66 (22 S. E. 47, 51 Am. St. R. 55)); and though no actual seizure was accomplished by a manucaption of the lumber in question, he testified that he left the lumber there in possession of the defendant Myers, “and asked Mm to take care of it; ” from which the -jury were authorized to infer that the defendant agreed to hold the property levied upon for the officer (Sanders v. Carter, 124 Ga. 676, 678, 52 S. E. 887), and that there was, at least a constructive seizure (Civil Code of 1910, § 6057), because the officer had the custody or control of the property [21]*21by an agent. Moore v. Brown &c. Furniture Co., 107 Ga. 139 (32 S. E. 835). The testimony of the defendant was directly to the contrary, but the jury passed upon this issue.

Decided March 13, 1918.

Trover; from fcity 'court of Albany—Judge Clayton Jones. May 3, 1917.

T. H. Miller, for plaintiff in error. Peacock & Gardner, contra.

2. While' there was testimony that the defendant had delivered to the plaintiffs some part of the property sued for, there was direct testimony from one of the plaintiffs that after such delivery “there was at least sixteen thousand feet of decking left, which was’ Worth $13 per thousand;” and this testimony would exactly support the verdict for $208 principal.

3. There is no merit in the special ground of the motion for a new trial complaining of the rejection of certain testimony; we cannot say that there was no testimony to support the verdict returned; and therefore the trial judge did not .err in overruling the motion for a'new trial.

Judgment affirmed..

Jenkins and Luke, JJ., concur.

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Wade, C. J.

1. The testimony of the.sheriff was that he had the property within his view and where he could control-it, and that he professed, to levy and assume control thereof by virtue of the attachment execution, and with the avowed purpose of holding tli,e same to answer the exigencies of the writ under which he acted (Corniff v. Cook, 95 Ga. 61, 66 (22 S. E. 47, 51 Am. St. R. 55)); and though no actual seizure was accomplished by a manucaption of the lumber in question, he testified that he left the lumber there in possession of the defendant Myers, “and asked Mm to take care of it; ” from which the -jury were authorized to infer that the defendant agreed to hold the property levied upon for the officer (Sanders v. Carter, 124 Ga. 676, 678, 52 S. E. 887), and that there was, at least a constructive seizure (Civil Code of 1910, § 6057), because the officer had the custody or control of the property [21]*21by an agent. Moore v. Brown &c. Furniture Co., 107 Ga. 139 (32 S. E. 835). The testimony of the defendant was directly to the contrary, but the jury passed upon this issue.

Decided March 13, 1918.

Trover; from fcity 'court of Albany—Judge Clayton Jones. May 3, 1917.

T. H. Miller, for plaintiff in error. Peacock & Gardner, contra.

2. While' there was testimony that the defendant had delivered to the plaintiffs some part of the property sued for, there was direct testimony from one of the plaintiffs that after such delivery “there was at least sixteen thousand feet of decking left, which was’ Worth $13 per thousand;” and this testimony would exactly support the verdict for $208 principal.

3. There is no merit in the special ground of the motion for a new trial complaining of the rejection of certain testimony; we cannot say that there was no testimony to support the verdict returned; and therefore the trial judge did not .err in overruling the motion for a'new trial.

Judgment affirmed..

Jenkins and Luke, JJ., concur.

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