Hutcheon v. Taylor

Rollins, J..

In this action of tort in the nature of traver, the plaintiff seeks to recover eight hundred dollars for the alleged conversion by the defendant of a quantity of household furniture, fixtures and appliances used in a lodging house.

The uncontroverted evidence discloses the following facts:

About March, 1940 the plaintiff told the defendant he would set her up in the lodging house business. He procured one Dupuy to convey to the defendant, by a bill of sale, the contents of a lodging house which Dupuy had been conducting. Other appliances and chattels suitable for a lodging house…