Whitney v. Hyde

This is an action of replevin, brought to recover a piano which had been sold by the plaintiffs to the defendant Almond Hyde, who delivered it as a .gift to defendant Otho F. Hyde, who in turn sold it to ■one John P. Niggeman, to be delivered to the defendant railway company for shipment to Niggeman. It was so delivered and in the possession of the railway company when this suit was brought.

The plaintiffs claimed at the trial that the defendant Almond Hyde purchased the piano fraudulently, with intent not to pay for it. The jury found against the plaintiffs on this issue, and, the defendants…