PEOPLES LOAN & FINANCE CORPORATION v. LAWSON

No. 17745.

271 F.2d 529 (1959)

PEOPLES LOAN & FINANCE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Raymond LAWSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton J. Morgan, Rome, Ga. (Wright, Rogers, Magruder & Hoyt, Rome, Ga., of counsel), for appellant.

Oscar M. Smith, Rome, Ga. (Matthews, Maddox, Walton & Smith, Rome, Ga., of counsel), for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Brought by Raymond Lawson, the appellee, against Peoples Loan & Finance Corporation, the appellant, and two of appellant's agents, the suit was in trover for the wrongful conversion by the appellant and its agents of eleven automobiles owned by him. The damages sought were the market value, alleged as $13,095, of the automobiles and the reasonable hire thereof from the date of conversion. The appellant denied that plaintiff was the owner...

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