John T. D. Blackburn, Inc. v. Livermore

This is an action of tort for conversion in which the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $361.98, claiming in its declaration that on or about May 12,1941, the defendant improperly endorsed a check made payable to his order to the Walter F. Livermore, Inc., which was to pay for a shipment of sewerage pipes, all of which had not been delivered.

It appeared that the plaintiff in March 1941 had a contract to deliver sewer pipes to the F'ederal Government on a WPA project in New Bedford. The plaintiff gave an order for the pipes to the defendant, on March 15, 1941, which' was accepted by the…