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WATSON v. TOMPKINS CHEVROLET COMPANY

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83 Ga. App. 440 (1951)

63 S.E.2d 681

WATSON v. TOMPKINS CHEVROLET COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 2, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stone & Stone, for plaintiff in error.

A. H. Gray, contra.

FELTON, J.

1. In a trover action, where the plaintiff elects to take a verdict for the damages, the value of the property is the measure of the damages. Citizens' Bank v. Mullis, 161 Ga. 371 (1) (131 S. E. 44); Park v. Swann, 20 Ga.App. 39 (3) (92 S. E. 398).

2. In absence of a special demurrer, a petition in trover will not be dismissed for failure to allege the value of the article alleged to have been converted. Gatlin

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