In actions for the recovery of personal property, if the defendant disclaims all title and tenders the property to the plaintiff when he files his answer, together with reasonable hire for the same since the conversion, the costs of the action shall be paid by the plaintiff unless he proves a previous demand of the defendant and a refusal to deliver.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2989; Code 1868, § 3002; Code 1873, § 3057; Code 1882, § 3057; Civil Code 1895, § 3897; Civil Code 1910, § 4494; Code 1933, § 107-104.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Conversion, § 93.
C.J.S.- 89 C.J.S., Trover and Conversion, § 186.
ALR.
- Mere detention of or failure to deliver chattels after demand as conversion, 129 A.L.R. 638.