Baldwin Piano Co. v. Congress Hotel

This was an action of replevin brought by the Piano Company against the Hotel Company and one Weller, to recover possession of a certain player piano which had been sold to Weller by the Piano Company and was in the possession of the Hotel Company. The trial court found that the plaintiff was entitled to possession of the piano, and the plaintiff’s damages for wrongful detention thereof, by the Hotel Company, were assessed at the sum of one cent. To reverse the judgment, the defendant Hotel Company has perfected this appeal.

The record shows that in December, 1924, Weller had been living at…