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117 Ga. 919

McElmurray v. Harris

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 8, 1903

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1903-04-08

<p>Trover. Before Judge Eelton. Crawford superior court. March term, 1902.</p>

Relies on Mitchell v. Georgia & Alabama Railway · Willis v. Burch · Suwannee Turpentine Co. v. Baxter & Co.

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Decided 1903-04-08

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Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently November 2009

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¶1Candler, J. The right to sue in an action of trover is in the party in whom the

¶2title to the personalty was at the time of the conversion. Willis v. Burch, 116 Ga. 375. Where such party sues in trover for the use of another, the name of the usee may he treated as surplusage. Mitchell v. R. Co., 111 Ga. 771; Willis v. Burch, supra. Accordingly, where one who has the legal right "brings an action of trover, and pending the action sells the property to another ; and where, without objection, the plain tiff amends his petition so as to make it a suit for the use of his vendee, the sale of the property does not defeat his right to recover, and the allowance, without objection, of the unnecessary amendment, will not invalidate the verdict and judgment in his favor. See Wood v. McGuire, 21 Ga. 576 ; Suwanee Co. v. Baxter, 109 Ga. 600.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

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