Beatty v. Parsons
Superior Court of Delaware
Action of Replevin to recover from defendants the possession or value of a lot of gas and electric fixtures, to which the plaintiff alleged he was entitled, under a certain assignment for the benefit of creditors made to him by the Warner Company, a corporation under the laws of New Jersey. A verdict was directed for the defendants, and subsequently a new trial was ordered. The facts and questions presented appear in the opinion of the court.
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Action of Replevin to recover from defendants the possession or value of a lot of gas and electric fixtures, to which the plaintiff alleged he was entitled, under a certain assignment for the benefit of creditors made to him by the Warner Company, a corporation under the laws of New Jersey. A verdict was directed for the defendants, and subsequently a new trial was ordered. The facts and questions presented appear in the opinion of the court. (Same case demurrer to replication was overruled, 2 Boyce 134, 78 Ail. 302.) At the trial, the plaintiff having testified that a paper (the due…
1Opinion of the Court
Woolley, J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
John Eckstein Beatty, the plaintiff, in proof of his claim of title or right to the possession of certain gas and electric fixtures which constitute the personal property involved in this controversy, has submitted evidence to the effect that the gas and electric fixtures were made and manufactured by the Warner Company, a concern doing business in the City of Philadelphia; that by that company they were delivered to John T. Wendt and Company of this city about the middle of December, 1907, under an agreement in writing by which the latter…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Miller v. LaceySuperior Court of Delaware · 1884
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