Essex Bowling Co. v. Argyle Realty Corp.

In these three actions of tort for the conversion of fourteen bowling alleys1 the plaintiff’s exceptions are to the direction of verdicts for the defendants and to the exclusion of evidence. The alleys occupied an entire one-story building at 48 Essex Street, Lawrence. The building was built in 1916, and the alleys were installed as early as 1917. In 1906 the real estate had been acquired by Charles E. Bradley and William J. Bradley from a corporation known as the Essex Company (which was in no way related to the plaintiff corporation), and the Bradleys gave back a mortgage to the Essex…