City Bank v. Easton Boot & Shoe Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 420, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., June T., 1895, No. 61, on verdict for defendant. Replevin to recover a quantity of hides. The case was tried by agreement before Scott, J., without a jury- The plaintiff is a bank incorporated under the laws of the state of New York and doing business in the city of Buffalo, New York.
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Appeal, No. 420, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., June T., 1895, No. 61, on verdict for defendant. Replevin to recover a quantity of hides. The case was tried by agreement before Scott, J., without a jury- The plaintiff is a bank incorporated under the laws of the state of New York and doing business in the city of Buffalo, New York. The defendant is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania and doing business in the city of Easton, Pa. The plaintiff was a creditor of the firm of Moffatt Bros, of Alden, New York, in January,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
Although the findings in answer to specific requests by the parties, and the supplemental findings in the court’s opinion, present the facts at great length, yet the real controversy in this case lies within a very narrow compass. It is agreed, first, that the title to the leather in suit is to be determined by the law of New York; secondly, that the transaction by which the plaintiff acquired title from Moffatt Bros., the former owners, though in form a warehouse receipt, was in legal effect a chattel mortgage; and thirdly, that by the law of New York, the…
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