Hewitt v. Democratic Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Nov. T., 1915, No. 603, for plaintiff n. o. v., in case of Erskine Hewitt, Receiver of the International Typesetting Machine Company, a corporation of New York, v. Democratic Publishing Company, a corporation. Replevin for a typesetting machine. Before Copeland, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for defendant.
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Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Nov. T., 1915, No. 603, for plaintiff n. o. v., in case of Erskine Hewitt, Receiver of the International Typesetting Machine Company, a corporation of New York, v. Democratic Publishing Company, a corporation. Replevin for a typesetting machine. Before Copeland, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for defendant. The court subsequently entered judgment for plaintiff n. o. v. Error assigned, among others, was in entering judgment for plaintiff n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
In this action of replevin the jury found for the defendant, but the court below entered judgment for plaintiff under the Act of April 22,1905, P. L. 286, and defendant has appealed.
The machine replevied was first purchased from the plaintiff corporation by one Morgan, the sale being made in New York; part of the purchase-money was paid in cash, and a series of notes given by the vendee for the balance, which was subsequently further secured by a *61chattel mortgage upon the personalty in question; Morgan then transferred the property to a man named Potts, who…
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