Peelle Co. v. Industrial Plant Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

This is the appeal of the defendant below in an action in replevin from a judgment entered upon plaintiff’s verdict against defendant.

The evidence was in many essential respects in sharp conflict, but it nevertheless justified the jury in finding, if they saw fit, the following matters of fact among others:

On December 7th, 1934, the plaintiff, Peelle Company, a corporation, bought a locomotive from one Murray- E. Baker, trading as Baker Machine and Supply Company, and received from Baker a bill of sale therefor. The locomotive weighed…