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79 Ga. App. 107

53 S.E.2d 136

Friedman v. Odom

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 13, 1949

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1949-04-13

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently April 1967

3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relies on 33 Ga. App. 218 - Haas & Howell v. Godby · Miller v. Wilson · 13 Ga. App. 82 - Jenkins v. State

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Decided 1949-04-13

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Eelton, J.

¶1 1. “An agent, who for and in behalf of his principal ¡takes the property of another without the latter’s consent, is as to him guilty of a conversion, although, being ignorant of the true owner’s1 title, the agent may have acted in perfect good faith; and such agent may be sued in trover for the property, even after his delivery of it to his principal.” Miller & Miller v. Wilson, 98 Ga. 567 (25 S. E. 578, 58 Am. St. R. 319); Haas & Howell v. Godby, 33 Ga. App. 218 (125 S. E. 897), and cases cited.

¶2 2. It was not error to exclude testimony offered to impeach a witness on a matter wholly immaterial and irrelevant to the issues involved in the case on trial. Jenkins v. State, 13 Ga. App. 82 (78 S. E. 828); Atlantic *108 Coast Line Railroad Company v. Register, 37 Ga. App. 219 (139 S. E. 735), and cases cited.

Decided April 13, 1949. II. H. Elders, for plaintiff in error.

¶3 3. The verdict was supported by the evidence. The court did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.

¶4 Judgment'affirmed.

Sutton, C. J., and Parker, J., concur.
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