Hallfors v. Gove
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort against a deputy sheriff for the conversion of certain flour, rye meal, baking powder, pie filling and extracts. Writ dated December 15, 1914. The answer of the defendant, as amended, stated that the defendant as a deputy sheriff attached the goods alleged to have been converted on a writ in an action by Silas Peirce & Co. Ltd. y. “Alfred Talvola et al., doing business as the Finnish Baking Co., . . . defendants and Arthur Hallfors and Ida Nurminen, . . . trustees.”
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Tort against a deputy sheriff for the conversion of certain flour, rye meal, baking powder, pie filling and extracts. Writ dated December 15, 1914. The answer of the defendant, as amended, stated that the defendant as a deputy sheriff attached the goods alleged to have been converted on a writ in an action by Silas Peirce & Co. Ltd. y. “Alfred Talvola et al., doing business as the Finnish Baking Co., . . . defendants and Arthur Hallfors and Ida Nurminen, . . . trustees.” In the Superior Court the action was tried before O’Connell, J. There was evidence tending to show that, on December 1,…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiffs’ title by purchase to the personal property for the alleged conversion of which they seek damages is derived from a duly recorded mortgage whose validity the defendant does not question. It is familiar law, however, that even if possession for the purposes of foreclosure had been taken, the title to after acquired property would not pass in the absence of a provision in the mortgage to that effect, which is not shown by the record. Blanchard v. Cooke, 144 Mass. 207, 222, 223. It appears that nearly a year had elapsed between the date of the mortgage and the commencement of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Blanchard v. CookeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Hart v. BrierleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Bacon v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Shaw v. KalerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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