Fruchter v. Martin

Plaintiff sued the defendant in the common pleas court of Detroit for the wrongful conversion “with wilful and malicious intent” of a diamond ring which he alleged was delivered to the defendant as a bailment under a written agreement of consignment. The defendant answered denying any wrongful conversion and alleging that the transaction was in fact an outright sale on credit and that in any case the plaintiff’s claim was barred by the defendant’s subsequent discharge in bankruptcy and also by the statute of. limitations.

Prom the record it appears that following a trial without a jury and…