National Cash Register Co. v. Woodbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of replevin to recover possession of a cash register, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and tried to the court, Oase, J., upon the defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s reply; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Action of replevin to recover possession of a cash register, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and tried to the court, Oase, J., upon the defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s reply; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The complaint was brought on the 15th day of March, 1897, to recover possession of “ one cash register, number 101,221,” which it alleged the defendant wrongfully detained from the plaintiff. The answer alleged, in substance, that the…
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
In July, 1896, the plaintiff delivered to Raiche a cash register, under a contract of sale conditioned that the title to the register should remain in the plaintiff after such delivery until the price of the register should be paid. The contract was neither acknowledged nor recorded as required by the statute. In this condition of things, and while the price of the register remains unpaid, Raiche makes an assignment in insolvency for the benefit of his creditors, under our statute, and his trustee, finding the register in Raiche’s use and possession, inventories it and holds it as part of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Farmers & Citizens' Bank v. PayneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re LeggDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1899
- In re JohnsonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1914