Court Opinion

ID: 4920874
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-09-22 00:17:42.565245+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:14:03.157355
License: Public Domain

Whitfield, J.
In an action of replevin the following -verdict was rendered:
■ “We, the jury, find for the plaintiff and find that he is the owner of and entitled to the possession immediately of the property in the declaration described, to-wit: One American Foto-Player, style fifteen.
“We also find the value of the said property to be $1,500.00.
“We also-.find that the plaintiff is entitled to the sum of $525.00 for the unlawful detention of the said property.
*269“We also find that the said property was re-delivered to the defendant upon his forthcoming bond, the sureties upon which are T. H. Lander and C. E. Lanier.
‘ ‘ So say we all. ’ ’
Upon the verdict the following judgment was rendered:
“It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged and decreed that the plaintiffs have and recover of and from the defendant the said personal property, to-wit: One Amei’iean Foto-Player, style fifteen, together with his damages in the sum of $.......and his costs of this suit here taxed at $.......; for which let execution issue in due course.
“It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the plaintiff have and recover of and from the defendant and his said sureties, to-wit: T. H. Lander and C. E. Lanier, the value of the said property, to-wit: $.......together with his damages in the sum of $.......and his costs of this suit here taxed at $.......; for which let execution issue in due course. ’5
On writ of error taken by the defendant and the sureties on his forthcoming bond, it is contended here that the: writ was issued before the affidavit was filed and that the judgment does not follow the verdict.
While the filing dates indicate that the writ was issued a day before the affidavit was filed, the writ shows that it was issued on a complaint, and, in tiré absence of a contrary showing, it must be assumed on this record, that the affidavit was in fact on file, though erroneously dated, when the writ was issued.
The judgment is only for the recovery of the property, and for this purpose at least it sufficiently adjudges a right of possession and accords with the verdict and the statute under which it was rendered.
*270There is no judgment for damages or costs against the defendant, or for the value of the property, damages and costs against the defendant and his sureties on the forthcoming bond, the judgment being blank as to amounts.
Affirmed.
Browne, C. J., Tailor, Ellis and West, J. J., concur.