Duplan Silk Co. v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern iDistrict of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, Circuit Judge.
This was an action of trover, called under the Pennsylvania practice act of 1887 an action of trespass. It was brought by the defendant in error, as trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Bennett & Rothrock, who were contractors and builders, against the Duplan Silk Company, charging the conversion of certain chattels, consisting principally of lumber, iron work, nails, cement, brick and sundry builder’s utensils, of which a complete schedule is given in plaintiff’s statement. There is little or no dispute about the essential facts-in the case, as disclosed by the…
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