Joy Stevens of California v. Plymouth Finishing Co.

Wilkins C.J.

This action of tort is for the conversion of cloth. The answer was a general denial and a defence that the defendant had a lien on the property under G. L. c. 255, §§ 31A and 3IB. The case was referred to an auditor, whose findings were not to be final. He filed a report and a supplemental report. The plaintiff and the defendant each filed a motion for judgment on the reports. The defendant’s motion was allowed, and the plaintiff excepted. The facts are as found by the auditor.

The plaintiff (Stevens), with an usual place of business in Los Angeles, was engaged in the manufacture…