Brown v. Dempsey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of McKean county: Of May Term 1880, No. 62. Rejflevin by Brown & Norris and Howe & Cook against John Dempsey and Florence Dempsey, doing business as Dempsey Brothers, to recover a steam-boiler which had been left with defendants for repairs. The case was referred to W. W. Brown, Esq., as referee, under the Act of May 14th 1874, whose findings of fact and conclusion thereon will be found stated in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
This was an action of replevin, brought by the plaintiffs for the recovery of a twenty-horse power steam-boiler, which had been left with the defendants for repairs. They, the defendants, claimed to have a claim upon said boiler, for work done and material furnished in the repairing thereof, and refused to deliver the same until their charges were fully paid. A submission of this case was made, by the parties thereto, under the Act of May 14th 1874, to W. W. Brown, Esq., who found and reported as follows: 1. “ That the property in question, one steam-boiler, was, prior to the bringing of this…
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