Knowles v. Bachelder
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for the conversion of furniture. At the trial in the superior court, before Seudder, J., without a jury, the judge found that the plaintiffs mortgaged certain stock and materials to the defendants by a deed entitling the defendants to immediate possession , that the defendants gave the plaintiffs oral permission to manufacture the stock and materials into furniture and sell the furniture, on condition that from time to time, as the sales were made, a portion of the…
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Tort for the conversion of furniture. At the trial in the superior court, before Seudder, J., without a jury, the judge found that the plaintiffs mortgaged certain stock and materials to the defendants by a deed entitling the defendants to immediate possession , that the defendants gave the plaintiffs oral permission to manufacture the stock and materials into furniture and sell the furniture, on condition that from time to time, as the sales were made, a portion of the proceeds should be applied in discharge of the mortgage debt; that this permission was afterwards revoked, on account of a…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
It uoes'not appear that the judgment was founded on matters of law. It was apparently based on the facts proved and the inferences of the judge therefrom. We cannot therefore take cognizance of the appeal. Gen. Sts. c. 114, § 10. Uochrane v. Boston, 1 Allen, 480. Gen. Sts. c. 129, §§ 66, 67.
Appeal dismissed.
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