Shapira v. Barney

Mitchell, J.*

This was an action for the wrongful conversion of a wooden platform, the alleged personal property of the plaintiff. The question for consideration is whether the findings of fact of the court below are sustained by the evidence. Upon examination we think the evidence reasonably tends to prove the following state of facts, to wit: That the platform in question was erected in defendant’s building, by Finkelstein & Co., his tenants, while occupying it as a furniture store; that they erected it with the knowledge and consent of defendant, and at their own expense, to be used in…