Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Shapiro

I. This is an action for the recovery of specific personal property, to wit, a quantity of shoes purchased by Morris Shapiro, doing business at Sioux City, Iowa, under the name and style of the Chicago Shoe Store, by appellant, a New York corporation, engaged in the manufacture and sale of shoes and other leather goods at wholesale. Appellant alleged in its petition that the shoes were obtained by certain false and fraudulent representations by Shapiro as to his financial condition. A jury was waived, and the cause tried to the court, with the result that judgment was entered against the…