Lacoste v. Pipkin

Citations

• 21 Miss. 589

Syllabus

<p>In an action on the case for injuries to personal property, it must be proved that the plaintiff had a legal right or interest in the matter or thing affected by the injury, at the time of such injury.' The absolute or general owner having the right of immediate possession, may in general support an action for an injury thereto, though at the time when the injury was committed, the goods were in the actual possession of a servant, carrier, or other bailee; but if the goods have been let to hire, the action cannot be sustained by the general owner, unless an injury to the reversionary interest is established.</p> <p>If the owner of slaves hire them to a third person, he cannot sue for an injury to them, during the time of the hire, unless he prove an injury to his reversionary interest.</p>