Rogers v. Dutton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for the óonversion of two tons of hay. Writ dated April 9, 1901. In the Superior Court Craskill, J. ruled as matter of law that the plaintiff was entitled to recover and ordered a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $38.91. The defendant alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is an action for the conversion of some hay. The testimony is recited at some length in the record, but it may be summed up in a few words. A man giving the name of Simmons applied to the plaintiff as the agent of the defendant, Dutton, and asked him to sell some hay. The plaintiff said that he would telephone to the defendant, but Simmons said that Dutton had no telephone and was ill. Thereupon the plaintiff agreed to sell Dutton the hay, hired a wagon from a livery stable, and had one of his own men get the hay and help load the wagon. There was nothing on the wagon or otherwise to…
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