Hartford Ice Co. v. Greenwoods Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for ice belonging to the plaintiff and converted by the defendant; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court before J. M. Hall, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff and appeal by the defendant. The ease is fully stated in the. opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
This is a civil action in the nature of trover, in which, in the concisest manner, it is stated in the complaint “that, on August 20th, 1890, the defendant had certain ice in its possession, belonging to the plaintiff; ” with an averment of demand, refusal, and conversion. The answer was double — a denial, and loss of title by the plaintiff through neglect to take possession and remove within a reasonable or agreed time. The facts found were, in substance, as follows : — The plaintiff, in August, 1889, purchased of the defendant the ice, two thousand six hundred tons, in one compartment of an…
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