Legal Opinion
Refrigeration Discount Corp. v. Catino
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 27, 1953PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This is an action of tort to recover damages for the alleged conversion of certain personal property belonging to the plaintiff. The case is here on the plaintiff’s exceptions to the direction of verdicts for the defendants.
The plaintiff was engaged in the business of financing retail dealers of electrical refrigerators, washing machines, gas dryers, television sets, and other similar appliances. The C & C Appliance Company was such a dealer. The plaintiff paid The Eastern Company, a distributor, for nine lots of goods which were then shipped by the distributor between March 5, 1948, and June…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Bailey v. Baker Ice MacHine Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- William W. Bierce, Ltd. v. HutchinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Laverty v. . SnethenNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Hinkle Iron Co. v. . KohnNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Commonwealth v. BorisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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