139 Ga. 736 | Ga. | 1913
On August 7, 1911, Nettie Vaughn brought trover and bail against Frank Wright. The substance of the petition, so far as now material, was as follows: Defendant is in possession of three tax receipts given by Hill, as tax-collector of Monroe county, to Lloyd, and transferred by him to plaintiff. The “receipts were given for money paid as taxes on Monroe county, Georgia, property.” One was for $21.97 for taxes for 1901; another was for $17.80 for taxes for 1902; and the other for $33.20 for taxes for 1903. Plaintiff “claims title to aforesaid property.” Defendant refuses to deliver the receipts to plaintiff, or to pay her the value thereof. The receipts “are worth their face value, that is, the amounts for which they were given, plus the interest at 8 % that has accumulated since they were given to the present time, that is, $72.91 and $51.00 interest.” The petition was demurred to on .several grounds. The demurrer was sustained, and the plaintiff excepted.
Counsel for the defendant concede in their brief that the demurrer raised only two material questions, viz.: (1) Did the peti
We have no hesitancy in holding, both upon principle and authority, that, under the allegations of the petition in the case at bar, the plaintiff was entitled to recover the tax receipts for which the action was brought. While we do not perceive how such receipts have any face value, or why they should be worth the amounts which they indicate were paid as taxes, the fact that they may be
Judgment reversed.