Cowan v. Singer Manufacturing Co.

This is an action of debt originating before a Magistrate, and afterwards tried, on appeal, in the Circuit CQurt by the presiding Judge without the intervention of .a jury.

The plaintiff, Mary E. Cowan, claimed that she purchased a sewing - machine from the defendant, the Singer Manufacturing Company, at the price of $55, payable in small installments, and upon agreement that the legal title should remain in the defendant until the full considération should be paid. She further claimed that, after she had paid $41.70 on the machine, the defendant regained possession of it, and appropriated it…