Palmateer v. Robinson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Supreme Court. This was an action of trover brought in the Monmouth Pleas, by George N. Robinson, to recover damages for the conversion of certain machinery by John and Amos Palmateer. The bills of exception disclose that Robinson, then the owner of the machinery, on October 4th, 1893, contracted to sell it to the New Jersey Mill and Lumber Company, of Long Branch.
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On error to the Supreme Court. This was an action of trover brought in the Monmouth Pleas, by George N. Robinson, to recover damages for the conversion of certain machinery by John and Amos Palmateer. The bills of exception disclose that Robinson, then the owner of the machinery, on October 4th, 1893, contracted to sell it to the New Jersey Mill and Lumber Company, of Long Branch. The contract was in writing, and it was thereby expressly agreed between the contracting parties that the title to the machinery should remain in the vendor until the full payment of the purchase price, and that it…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Magie, Chief Justice.
The single question presented by the assignments of error and the briefs in the case is whether, upon the facts set out in the bills of exception, the court below was right in holding that the machinery in ques*436tion remained the property of Robinson, the vendor, and did not cease to be his personal property by its annexation to the land of the Palmateers.
In view of the express provisions of the contract of sale of the machinery, made between Robinson, its owner, and the New Jersey Mill and Lumber Company, it is perfectly obvious…
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