Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Byers
California Supreme Court
Decided October 4, 1922No. L. A. No. 6653PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLawlor, J.
The plaintiff, Win. S. Phillips, brought this action against the defendant, James C. Byers, sheriff of San Diego County, to ■ recover damages for the alleged cofiversion by defendant of certain goods upon which the plaintiff claimed to hold a chattel mortgage. The goods consisted of 585 dozen cans of string beans and 32 dozen cans of catsup, the property of the Standard Canning Company, a corporation, whose business was the buying and canning of raw fruits and vegetables, and which company had canned the goods in question.
On August 1, 1919, the company gave to one A. S. Bridges a promissory…
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