Kranert v. Simon

This was an action of replevin, with a' count in trover, resulting in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. Kranert alone appeals.

The ground on which the right to recover was based is, that one Buttner, who purchased the goods of the plaintiffs, had effected the purchase by fraudulent representations as to his solvency, and that appellant, Kranert, participated in the fraud.

Kranert claimed that he took a chattel mortgage on the goods, in good faith, with no knowledge of any fraud, in order to save himself for money advanced to Buttner, and for contingent liabilities on his account to a…