Schmittdiel v. Moore

The plaintiff claims damages for the conversion of certain personal property, to the possession and proceeds of which he asserts that he was entitled by virtue of a chattel mortgage. The defendants were originally four in number, but the Peninsular Savings Bank was found not guilty. The other three appealed from a verdict of guilty. Their relation to the property is as follows: Hurley was at one time president of the American Stove 'Company, which concern was indebted to various creditors. Some attachments were issued against its property, which led to a settlement, wherein the plaintiff took…