Barnett v. Everett Trust & Savings Bank

Everett Trust & Savings Bank appeals from a judgment of $13,384 entered against it in favor of Charles J. Barnett and Zell V. Barnett, his wife, owners of the Chef Luigi Restaurant, for the alleged conversion of the restaurant.

In 1966, Charles J. and Zell V. Barnett, owners of a restaurant then known as the New Imperial Cafe & Cocktail Lounge, sold that restaurant, together with its equipment, to Henry and Virginia Roppolo on a conditional sales contract. The contract did not contain an “after acquired property clause.” During the same year, Henry Roppolo died and the vendee’s interest in the…