Powder Co. v. Burkhardt
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Massachusetts. This was an action in • tbe nature of trover, by tbe Laflin and Rand Powder Company, of New York, against Gottlieb F. Burkhardt, for tbe alleged wrongful conversion of certain acids, glycerine, and other raw materials, bought by him under execution, as tbe property of Carl Dittmar.
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Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Massachusetts. This was an action in • tbe nature of trover, by tbe Laflin and Rand Powder Company, of New York, against Gottlieb F. Burkhardt, for tbe alleged wrongful conversion of certain acids, glycerine, and other raw materials, bought by him under execution, as tbe property of Carl Dittmar. At the trial by the court, a jury having been waived, the plaintiff put in evidence a contract entered into July 4, 1871, between Dittmar as party of the first part, and the company as party of tbe second part, which, after reciting…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
There is but a single question in the case; to wit, were the acids and other articles seized upon Burkhardt’s execution the property of Dittmar? They were nearly all of them articles furnished to him by the Powder Company, under the agreement of July 4, 1871, or purchased with the money supplied by the company under that agreement.
Dittmar, having patents for the manufacture of explosive compounds, seems to have been in the condition, formerly so common to inventors, of possessing more science than money. What he lacked, the Powder Company professed to be ready to supply, and with the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Norton v. . WoodruffNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- Dittmar v. NormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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