Noyes v. Pierce

This is a complaint in trover, for the conversion of certain personal property described in a lien note dated December 18, 1920, payable four months from date. The defendant answered by general denial. The case was tried by the court; judgment for the defendant. The case comes here on exceptions by plaintiffs to the admission of evidence, finding of facts and to the judgment thereon.

The lien note, called the Pierce note, and signed by defendant, was overdue, and unpaid, and unquestionably valid. The property conditionally sold, to the defendant covered by it was to be and remain plaintiffs’,…