Ontario Bank v. . N.J. Steamboat Co.

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The defendant, under the general denial in its answer, had the right to introduce proof controverting any fact that the plaintiff was required to prove to establish his cause of action. For this purpose, it must show a conversion of the wool by the defendant. To do this it proved a demand of the wool from the defendant, and its failure to deliver. This was evidence tending to show a conversion, which, unexplained, would justify finding that fact. The defendant,…