Gaylor v. Harding
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trover for a quantity of machinery and manufacturing implements; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The plaintiff sued as trustee in insolvency of the Mill River Woolen Manufacturing Company; the defendants were partners under the name of Harding Brothers & Company and claimed the property under a mortgage of the insolvents made prior to their insolvency.
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Trover for a quantity of machinery and manufacturing implements; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The plaintiff sued as trustee in insolvency of the Mill River Woolen Manufacturing Company; the defendants were partners under the name of Harding Brothers & Company and claimed the property under a mortgage of the insolvents made prior to their insolvency. The following facts were found by a committee: The articles described in the declaration, and demanded in the action, are of the value in the aggregate of 119,718.36. All the property originally belonged • to a corporation…
1Opinion of the CourtSeymour, J.
This, is an action of trover, to recover for the alleged conversion by the defendants of a large amount of property, mostly machinery pertaining to a woolen manufacturing establishment.
Both plaintiff and defendants claim title under the Mill River Woolen Manufacturing Company, the original owners of the property.
The plaintiff claims as trustee in insolvency by an assignment dated May 23d, 1867, under which the property came into his hands and was duly inventoried. The defendants claim as mortgagees by deed dated September 12th, 1866.
None of the property in dispute is particularly described in…
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