Connor v. Giles
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. Trover for tbe alleged conversion of a horse and wagon. The ■defendant claimed title to the property under a mortgage, dated -October 4, 1881, and duly recorded October 20, 1881. The verdict was for the defendant.
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On exceptions. Trover for tbe alleged conversion of a horse and wagon. The ■defendant claimed title to the property under a mortgage, dated -October 4, 1881, and duly recorded October 20, 1881. The verdict was for the defendant. The other material facts ¡are stated in the opinion. contended that the transactions of October 18, 1881, transferred the title of the property to the plaintiff, that a sale was then perfected, that the parties so intended, and the language and acts of both parties indicated the intention that the seller relinquished all further claim and control as owner and the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The question of this case concerns the date when a purchaser, under whom the plaintiff claims, got a completed sale and delivery of a horse. If it was on October 18, 1881, the horse was plaintiff’s; if on October 22, 1881, the horse was defendant’s. The defendant’s mortgage of the horse was recorded between the two dates. The testimony of the purchaser was this : That on the 18th he examined the horse; rode after him with seller; made an offer which was not accepted; the seller drove away; afterwards came back, and says, " make me an offerI said, " I will give one hundred and twenty-five…
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