Empire Radio Co., Inc. v. Bates

This case is before us on plaintiff’s exception to a decision for the defendant by a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury.

In an action of replevin the defendant pleaded that he, as deputy sheriff, attached the merchandise and fixtures in question, as the property of the Empire Radio Company, in an action in assumpsit brought against it by one Forrest W. Taylor.

Philip Korb was president of the Empire Radio Company, a corporation, and heavily interested in the Radio Finance Corporation. The Empire Radio Company operated two stores, one in Providence and the other in Pawtucket.…