National Cash Register Co. v. Cochran
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 13, Feb. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 138, on verdict for defendant in case of National Cash Register Company v. D. A. Cocbran. Replevin for a cash register. Before Hart, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 13, Feb. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 138, on verdict for defendant in case of National Cash Register Company v. D. A. Cocbran. Replevin for a cash register. Before Hart, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. At the trial the following offer was made by defendant’s counsel: Mr. Reilly: Defendant proposes to prove by the witness on the stand that he is the defendant in this suit; that sometime in 1890 the defendant ordered from the National Cash Register Company a cash register which was specially made…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mobbison, J.,
This was an action of replevin brought July 10, 1901, by the plaintiff to recover a cash register numbered 176,432, manufactured by the plaintiff and delivered by it July 27, 1899, to George C. Tomb on a contract of bailment. This contract is dated July 27, 1899, signed by George C. Tomb. Upon the face of the contract and all the evidence in the case there is no question but the transaction in regard to the cash register was purely one of bailment. This contract provided that in case of the default of the bailee, Tomb, to comply with its terms the bailor might…
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