Jeanette Doll Co. v. Cusmano

The action is in conversion to recover $600, the value of two sets of Kewpie doll dies. The answer is a general denial and a defense that the dies in question are held by virtue of a lien thereon. It appears that plaintiff contracted with defendants to manufacture a certain lot of dolls from dies furnished by plaintiff. On the completion of the work plaintiff demanded the return of the dies, which was refused unless plaintiff paid defendants the sum of thirty dollars, the cost of installing the dies in defendants’ factory, which defendants contended plaintiff had agreed to pay. This was…