Legal Opinion

Atlas Shoe Co. v. Bechard

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 10, 1906PublishedCited by 12 opinions

On exceptions by plaintiff. Sustained. Judgment for plaintiff. Trover for the conversion of certain goods sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the firm of Fortier & Marcotte, of Lewiston.

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On exceptions by plaintiff. Sustained. Judgment for plaintiff. Trover for the conversion of certain goods sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the firm of Fortier & Marcotte, of Lewiston. The declaration in the plaintiff’s writ is as follows : “ In a plea of the case, for that the said plaintiff, at said Lewiston, to wit, at said Auburn, on the twenty-seventh day of December, A. D. 1905, being possessed as of its own proper goods, of boots and shoes, according to the bill hereto attached, marked “A”, and of the value set opposite each item, and all of the value of twenty-two hundred and…

1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.

Trover for (he conversion of certain goods sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the firm of Fortier & Mareotte. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the presiding Justice directed a nonsuit. The plaintiff excepted ; and it is agreed that, if the nonsuit was not properly ordered, the court shall determine the amount of damages which the plaintiff is entitled to recover and order judgment therefor.

January 20, 1904, Mr. Fortier of the firm of Fortier & Mareotte went to the place of business of the plaintiff, and for the purpose of obtaining of it a line of credit for his firm, in its behalf…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cole v. CassidyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
  2. Mooney v. DavisMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Thaxter v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. St. Joseph Hospital v. Corbetta Construction Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  2. United States Nat. Bank of Oregon v. FoughtOregon Supreme Court · 1981
  3. In re B. & R. Glove Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  4. International Shoe Co. v. KahnCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
  5. In Re Simon Weltman & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1924

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