Copp v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort in two counts. The first count was for the conversion by the defendant of “ one black-walnut folding bed, three walnut chairs covered in red plush, one walnut sofa covered in red plush, two large walnut easy-chairs covered in red plush,” and other articles of household furniture enumerated, the property of the plaintiff. The second count was for injury to the plaintiff’s business of a boarding-house keeper.
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Tort in two counts. The first count was for the conversion by the defendant of “ one black-walnut folding bed, three walnut chairs covered in red plush, one walnut sofa covered in red plush, two large walnut easy-chairs covered in red plush,” and other articles of household furniture enumerated, the property of the plaintiff. The second count was for injury to the plaintiff’s business of a boarding-house keeper. The answer alleged that the defendant attached the property mentioned in the first count, as a constable of Boston, duly authorized to serve civil process, by virtue of a writ in…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
It is not contended, on the part of the defendant, that there was any breach of the condition of the mortgage except by his own act of making an attachment of the property. The mortgage itself is not before us, but it appears that it was dated October 10, 1881, and was given to secure the payment of $650 in six months from date, with a condition that the mortgagor should not suffer the property therein described, or any part thereof, to be attached on mesne process. The attachment was made on November 15, 1881. We do not know whether the mortgage contained an express stipulation that the…
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