Soper Lumber Co. v. Halsted and Harmount Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of replevin to recover the possession of certain lumber, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Thayer, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTokrancl, J.
The plaintiff sold and delivered a quantity of lumber to one Russell, who sold the same to the defendant, and this suit is brought to recover the lumber from the defendant, on the ground that Russell obtained the lumber by fraud, and that the defendant is not a bona fide purchaser from Russell.
The plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in its charge as given, in refusing to charge certain requests, and in certain of its rulings upon evidence.
The material facts that the plaintiff claimed to have proved, bearing upon the alleged errors in the charge, are these : The plaintiff is a…
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