Nye v. Johnson

Burr, Cb. J.

The record shows plaintiff was the owner of some old machinery, and he alleges both defendants converted this property to their own use. Johnson admitted taking possession of machinery, which he claims to have purchased from the codefendant as scrap iron under the belief the bank had the right to sell it, and alleged further that he did not have sufficient information to know whether the property described in the complaint was the property which he took. The defendant bank denied that it was in any way indebted to the plaintiff because of this machinery. The jury found for the…