12 Ga. App. 137 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1913
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
We think the demurrer should have been sustained. No demand is alleged in the petition, and the facts alleged do not show any conversion of the lumber by the railroad company. Having received the lumber lawfully, to be shipped to Indiana, the defendant, on countermand of the order by the consignee, was not only entitled to be notified of that fact, with direction not to transport it to Indiana, but was also entitled to direction as to what to do with the lumber, which was lawfully in its possession. The general statement in the petition that the defendant converted the lumber to its own use is a mere conclusion of the pleader, and the facts alleged do not support the conclusion. So far as disclosed by the