Jaddatz v. Grace Harbor Lumber Co.

This is an action of trover begun in justice’s court to recover for the unlawful conversion of a Flanders automobile, said automobile having been taken from plaintiff’s possession by defendant Bateson under an execution issued in the case of Grace Harbor Lumber Co. v. Gustave Jaddatz, plaintiff’s husband. The plaintiff claimed to have bought and paid for the automobile. The defendants claim the automobile belonged to the husband. The trial judge instructed the jury that the ownership of the automobile was not an open one under the proofs, and that the only question for them was the question…