Crippen v. Morrison
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Branch Circuit. Trover for steam engine, etc. The case was tried by the Court, who found the facts, and rendered judgment upon -the finding for the plaintiffs. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.:
Defendants in error brought an action of trover for the conversion of a steam engine and its appurtenances, which they claimed under the following circumstances; Francis A. Hall mortgaged certain lands in Batavia, Branch County, amounting to 572 acres, to one Hiscock, October 22, 1856, for $4,000 ; and this money was borrowed under a verbal agreement that Hall should erect a saw mill on the premises. On the same day, Hall contracted with defendants in error to build and put up the engine in question, ho agreeing to put up a suitable mill frame and engine-house to receive it, and…
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