Greenaway v. Fuller

Plaintiffs sued in trover for the conversion of an organ mortgaged to them by one Norton. Defendant claimed by a subsequent right acquired from Norton. The ■ court below instructed the jury that plaintiff’s mortgage was. void as against Fuller, because given on property not then owned by Norton.

*558The facte were in brief that on the 16th of April, 1879, in the morning, there were four organs, including the one in question, at the express office in Brighton consigned to Norton by the vendors, to be paid for on delivery to him. Norton borrowed the mortgage money from plaintiffs to pay for the…