Talcott v. Meigs
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for the conversion of a safe ; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Darning, J. Verdict and judgment for the defendant and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
General Statutes, § 3016, secures the title of a mortgagee, notwithstanding the retention of possession by the mortgagor, under a mortgage, duly recorded, of “ any manufacturing or mechanical establishment, together with the machinery, engines, or implements situated and used therein.” The plaintiff holds a second mortgage on a silk mill, together with machinery, engines and sundry other articles of personal property particularly described in the mortgage as situated and used therein. Among these articles is an iron safe of moderate size and value. This the mortgagor, while remaining in…
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