Crompton v. Beach
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Replevin for certain machinery claimed to be unlawfully detained by the defendant; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court before Robinson, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The facts are in large part the same as those stated in Beach’s Appeal from Commissioners, 58 Conn. R., 464, and all further facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
The present contention grows out of the same contract which was considered by the court in Beach's Appeal from Commissioners, 58 Conn., 464, and the facts therein stated are applicable to this case, but need not be repeated here. Under the authority of that decision the plaintiff, as administratrix of George Crompton, having secured a dividend of twenty-five per cent from the insolvent estate of the Home "Woolen Mills Company, brought the present action of replevin for the property against the defendant, who is the trustee in insolvency of said company; and the sole question for our decision…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bailey v. HerveyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Hine v. RobertsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- Loomis v. BraggSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
- Beach's Appeal from CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
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- Johnson-Brinkman Commission Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- DelVecchio v. DelVecchioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
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