Canton v. Grinnell

The plaintiff brought an action to recover damages for an assault committed upon her by the defendants’ servants while removing from the home occupied by herself and husband a piano which had been sold to plaintiff’s husband on a contract retaining title in Grinnell Bros., and authorizing them to retake the piano whenever there was default in payment. The declaration averred that the piano was plaintiff’s property, but no recovery for the value of the piano was sought. The court charged the jury that the piano must by them be considered as belonging to plaintiff’s husband, unless they had…