Ludwig Piano Co. v. Browne
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 223, Oct. T., 1906, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1902, No. 2,255, on verdict for plaintiff: in case of The Ludwig Piano Company v. Charles A. Browne and Mrs. Charles A. Browne. Replevin for a piano. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for the piano and $100 damages.
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Appeal, No. 223, Oct. T., 1906, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1902, No. 2,255, on verdict for plaintiff: in case of The Ludwig Piano Company v. Charles A. Browne and Mrs. Charles A. Browne. Replevin for a piano. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for the piano and $100 damages. JErrors assigned were in the following form: 1. The learned trial judge erred in refusing defendants’- motion for a nonsuit. 2. The learned trial judge erred in submitting the case to the jury in contradiction to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The action here is replevin. That the ownership of the piano, which is the subject of controversy, is in the plaintiff is not denied. It is practically uncontradicted that the piano was delivered at the house of the defendants under an arrangement with Mrs. Browne, by which a lease or a sale was expected to follow. That there was a persistent refusal to deliver the piano to the plaintiff, upon repeated demands, is abundantly proved and is practically not denied. If there were nothing else in the case, the refusal of the defendants to deliver the piano, except upon the…
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