Pease v. Odenkirchen
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Replevin for goods unlawfully detained; brouglit to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and tried to the court on the general issue, with notice, before Sanford, J. The question in the case was, whether the plaintiff had title to, or a right to the possession of, a certain paper-box machine, known as a straw board cutter, and was entitled to recover the same of the defendant.
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Replevin for goods unlawfully detained; brouglit to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and tried to the court on the general issue, with notice, before Sanford, J. The question in the case was, whether the plaintiff had title to, or a right to the possession of, a certain paper-box machine, known as a straw board cutter, and was entitled to recover the same of the defendant. The plaintiff, to prove liis title, offered in evidence the following mortgage of the machine, from one William G. Smith. “ Know all men by these presents, that I, William G. Smith, of the town of Plymouth, in…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The question in this case is, whether the facts appearing in the motion show such title or' right in the plaintiff to the possession of a certain machine described in the declaration, as is required by law to maintain the action of replevin for goods unlawfully detained ?
If the plaintiff has any title to the machine in question, it is by virtue of a chattel mortgage from one Smith to the plaintiff, made and recorded pursuant to the provisions of the General Statutes, Revision of 1866, p. 481, sect. 4.
The mortgage deed, with the accompanying evidence, was objected to by the defendant, and its…
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