Kramer v. Gustin

The plaintiff brought an action of trover against the defendants for the conversion of a stock of goods which defendants had seized and sold, as they claimed, under a chattel mortgage executed by plaintiff to them, and also for the conversion of a quantity of cedar ties, posts and telegraph poles. The cause was tried before a jury, who found a verdict for plaintiff, and the defendants allege error. All the errors assigned relate to the charge of the court.

The defendants were wholesale grocers at Bay City, and the plaintiff was a grocer at Alpena, and in connection with his business there was…