Court Opinion

ID: 7382309
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 00:07:41.302663+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:21:25.444274
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Chief Justice Ropertson
delivered Ihe Oninion of the Court.
We are of opinion that the evidence in this cause does not establish a contract of any kind between the plaintiff and defendant. It may shew that Griffin converted a clock owned by Hedrick, but it does not conduce to prove a promise to restore the clock upon demand. The court therefore, erred in entertaining jurisdiction of the cause: without any instruction to the jury, it would have been proper for the coiut to dismiss the whole proceedings for want of jurisdiction; II. J. J. Marshall’s Reports, 29.
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial.