Cohen v. Schneider
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of replevin brought to tbe Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County where the plaintiff in a trial to the jury before Studley, J"., was nonsuited, from which judgment he appealed 'for alleged error hi the ruling of the court.
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Action of replevin brought to tbe Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County where the plaintiff in a trial to the jury before Studley, J"., was nonsuited, from which judgment he appealed 'for alleged error hi the ruling of the court. The complaint alleged that ever since the 9th day of July, 1897, the defendants August L. Schneider, doing business under the name of the Elm City Manufacturing Company, and Peter J. McNerney, had unlawfully detained from the plaintiff one soda water fountain, one ice cream machine, eleven ice cream cans and fourteen ice cream tubs, of the value of $150, the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaul, J.
It does not appear from the record upon what *509ground the defendants’ motion for a nonsuit was granted. From the hriefs of counsel we assume that the ground of the motion for a nonsuit was that the plaintiff had not made out a prima facie case, since it appeared from the evidence that the goods in question, which prior to the execution of the bill of sale (Exhibit A) had been in the possession of Tovorovsky as his own property, were suffered to remain hi his possession after the execution of the contracts A and B, and that Tovorovsky did not give the key to the plaintiff and surrender the goods…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cook v. MorrisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Lewis v. McCabeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
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