National Theatre Supply Co. v. Mishler Theatre Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Frazer,

June 30, 1933:

In this appeal from judgment for plaintiff in replevin, the subject-matter of the controversy is six hundred sixty-eight special opera chairs, installed in the Mishler Theatre in the City of Altoona. The premises in question were for many years the property of Isaac C. Mishler and were used as a place of public entertainment and amusement. On September 13, 1923, Mishler conveyed the property to Mishler Theatre Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, taking, in part payment, a purchase-money mortgage on the premises. The Theatre Company went into…