Stevens v. Breen
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. • Action for the conversion of personal- property. The principal facts are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. • Action for the conversion of personal- property. The principal facts are stated in the opinion. The jury returned a special verdict to the effect (1) that on October 5, 1888, there was due from John A. Cook to the plaintiff $2,199; (2, 4) that on that dajr Cook executed and delivered to the plaintiff a chattel mortgage of the goods described in the complaint for. $2,199, which mortgage was duly filed on the same day; (3) that $227.43 has been paid on the mortgage ; (5) that the plaintiff took possession of the goods on October 8, 1888; (6)…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
To our minds, this case presents no question of doubt or difficulty. The plaintiff brought the suit to recover the value of a stock of boots and shoes, etc., which had been wrongfully taken from his possession by the defendant, and converted by the latter to his use. The plaintiff was in possession of these goods under a chattel mortgage given by one John A. Cook, dated October 5, 1888. The defendant admitted in his answer the execution and delivery of the chattel mortgage by Cook to the plaintiff, and that the plaintiff took possession of the goods therein described, but further alleged that…
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