Beggs & Co. v. Bartels
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for the wrongful seizure and disposal of personal property on execution, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield county and reserved by that court, Curtis, J., upon a finding of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The property in question in this suit—a stationary engine, boiler and machinery—was taken on an execution in favor of the defendants against one Roberts, his title coming from the plaintiffs under a written contract of conditional sale executed in New York. Had it been executed here it would have been an absolute sale, except as between the contracting parties and their personal representatives, since it was not acknowledged before competent authority as required by our statute. Public Acts of 1895, Chap. 212.
It is conceded that by the laws of New York it was a valid conditional contract of…
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