Emmerglick v. Philip Wolf, Inc.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment of the district court against it for $4,446.37, the value of personal property converted by it. Plaintiff is statutory receiver, under appointment of the New Jersey Court of Chancery, of the New Jersey Printing Company, a New Jersey corporation, which on September 19, 1941, executed a chattel mortgage to defendant covering certain printing machinery and equipment. Before plaintiff’s appointment, defendant, purporting to foreclose the mortgage upon the mortgagor’s default, took possession of the property and removed it to New…