Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Converse
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the County Court of Arapahoe County. The complaint alleges that The Singer Manufacturing Company was the owner of a sewing machine, which, on the 10th of December, 1892, it delivered to one Eva Redd, under and in pursuance of the following instrument in writing: “ LEASE.
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Error to the County Court of Arapahoe County. The complaint alleges that The Singer Manufacturing Company was the owner of a sewing machine, which, on the 10th of December, 1892, it delivered to one Eva Redd, under and in pursuance of the following instrument in writing: “ LEASE. “ This certifies that I, Mrs. Eva Redd, * * * have received of The Singer Manufacturing Company * * * one Singer sewing machine, * * * with apparatus belonging thereto, all in good order and valued at seventy dollars, which I am to USE "with care, and keep in like good order, and for the use of which I am to pay as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The answer denies that the plaintiff is the owner, or enti*250tied to the possession, of the machine in controversy. It also denies that the defendants had any knowledge or notice of the plaintiff’s claim thereto when they purchased. The answer, however, must be taken in its entirety. That the plaintiff was once the owner is admitted. The answer further admits that the plaintiff delivered the machine to Redd, and that upon such delivery she executed and delivered to the plaintiff the instrument in writing set out in the complaint. Upon its face this is a lease, and nothing else. But defendants…
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