Emerson Co. v. Proctor
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Judgment for defendant. Trover to recover the value of a dry kiln. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Powers, J
This is an action of trover. . The first count is for a six track patent automatic compressing dry kiln 31 feet wide and 84 feet long. The dry kiln is a building erected by the Biddeford & Natick Mfg. Co., a corporation located at Biddeford in this State. The plaintiff corporation furnished, and claims to still own the most of the apparatus and iron work used in its construction, but this would not give title to the building itself. In order to recover under the first count the plaintiff must show title to the dry kiln, and this it has not done.
This brings us to the second count,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bishop v. EatonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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- McGarry v. NicklinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
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