MacNeil v. Hazelton

This is an action of tort brought by the plaintiff as the assignee of the chose in action of the Homestead Company for the alleged conversion by the defendant of a “clamshell bucket” belonging to the Homestead Company. The defendant’s answer was a general denial. The writ in this action was returnable in Court on January 28, 1939, and came on for trial on March 13, 1939.

At the trial there was evidence tending to show that the Homestead Company on or about April 20,1937, owned a “clamshell bucket;” that the defendant waé then in possession of the bucket; that on April 20, 1937, the plaintiff’s…