Gerli v. Perfect Silk Throwing Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 299, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland Co., May T., 1916, No. 183, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Paul Gerli & Company, Inc., v. Perfect Silk Throwing Company. Replevin for three bails of silk. Before Moser, J. Tbe opinion of tbe Superior Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $401.24. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the charge of the court quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff company is a dealer in raw silk and the defendants are throwsters of that commodity. The plaintiff delivered to the defendant six bales of raw silk to be thrown, three bales of which were thrown by the defendant and shipped to the party designated by the plaintiff, but the defendant refused to throw the other three bales of silk or to deliver them to the plaintiff upon demand. The plaintiff brought this action of replevin for the three bales of silk remaining in the possession of the defendant and the sheriff executed the writ by delivering the property to…
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