Higgins v. Drennan

This is an action of replevin brought by a purchaser from the owner with notice, against an officer for goods attached by him in the way provided for property which cannot be removed immediately. Pub. Sts. c. 161, § 69. The goods were large iron lathes and planers in use in a factory. They weighed from 6,500 to 8,200 pounds, except one, which weighed 1,500 pounds, and the return stated that, by reason of its bulk, the property could not be immediately removed. It is argued that the case Was not within the statute, and that the statute does not permit the property to be left in use by the…