In order to maintain an action for trespass to personal property the plaintiff must either have the actual possession of the property or constructive possession, with right to immediate possession.25 Bare possession is sufficient to sustain an action against anyone but the rightful owner;26 while, on the other hand, the right of the general owner to bring such action is barred by outstanding possession in another.27

25 Dunlap vs. Steele, 80 Ala., 424; Coe vs. English, 6 Houst (Del.), 456; Howe vs. Farrar, 44 Me., 233; Haythorn vs. Rushforth 19 N. J. L., 160,

38 Am. Dec, 540. 26 Laing vs. Nelson, 41 Minn., 521;

Entriken vs. Brown, 32 Pa.

St., 364. 27 Bourne vs. Merritt, 22 Vt., 429.