Williams v. Briggs

This is an action of trover for the conversion of certain articles of personal property, which the plaintiff claims to own as administrator on the estate of the late William B. Lawton. The title of William B. Lawton accrued to him under two mortgages, executed to him by the defendant, Nicholas C. Briggs, and dated respectively January 1, 1867, and July 2, 1870. The second mortgage purports to convey to Lawton " all and singular the tools, fixtures, stock in trade for the manufacture of carriages, and also all carriages made or in process of manufacture, now in my carriage factory, No. 254…