Section 44-12-20. "Chose in action" defined  


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  •    A chose in action is personalty to which the owner has a right of possession in the future or a right of immediate possession which is being wrongfully withheld.
Orig. Code 1863, § 2219; Code 1868, § 2213; Code 1873, § 2239; Code 1882, § 2239; Civil Code 1895, § 3072; Civil Code 1910, § 3648; Code 1933, § 85-1801.