Supreme Court of Alabama June 15, 1838 (Gray v. Crocheron)

COLLIER, C.' J.

— In St. John vs. O'Connel, use, &c. (7 Porter’s R. 466,) it was decided, that the wrongful taking or detention of a personal chattel, or other illegal assumption of ownership, or using or misusing of it, were all acts, amounting to a conversion.