Edward Thompson Co. v. Brown

Action to recover upon a series of notes given by the defendant to the plaintiff upon the sale of law books under a conditional sale contract reserving title. There were findings for the plaintiff for $118, the amount demanded in the complaint and admitted at the trial, and the defendant appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

In 1919 the plaintiff brought an action of replevin in the municipal court of Bemidji to recover possession of the books or their value in the event that possession could not be had. The defendant answered and assumed to tender those books for which he…