Stollenwerck v. Thacher
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for the conversion of one hundred and eighty-nine bales of cotton. At the trial, before Morton, J., the jury were directed to find a verdict for the plaintiffs, and the case was reported for the consideration of the full court, and is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
This is an action of tort for the conversion of a number of bales of cotton. A verdict has been ordered for the plaintiffs, and the case reserved for the determination of the full *225/oui't upon a report containing an abstract of the evidence given at the trial, and a number of letters and documents. But the facts material to the decision, assuming all the controverted ones to be according to the testimony introduced by the defendants, are not many; and a brief statement of them will tend greatly to narrow the discussion of the principles of law by which the case is governed.
The plaintiffs,…
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