Grice v. Berkner
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $900 for conversion. The facts are stated in the first paragraph of the opinion.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $900 for conversion. The facts are stated in the first paragraph of the opinion. The case was tried before Dickinson, J., who at the close of the testimony granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict that he was entitled to recover the goods or their value, and submitted to the jury the question of the value of the goods, which they found was $750 and the storage charges $144. Plaintiff’s motion for judgment in the sum of $750 and defendant’s motion for an order entitling plaintiff to delivery and possession of the goods on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, €.
Plaintiff held a chattel mortgage on a moving-picture outfit operated in a building leased from defendant at Sleepy Eye in Brown county. The owner of the outfit seems to have abandoned it and disappeared. Defendant sold the building and desired to deliver possession to the purchaser. As the lease had expired and he was unable to find the owner of the moving-picture outfit, he removed it from the building and stored it in another building which he controlled. Default having occurred in plaintiff’s mortgage, she made a written demand on defendant for possession of the property.…
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