Keepers v. Fleitmann

This is an action for the conversion of thirty-three knitting machines, admittedly personal property. The presiding judge * directed a verdict for the defendants on the plaintiff’s evidence, and the case is here on an exception to that ruling.

The facts proved by the plaintiff were as follows: The machines were manufactured by the Wildman Manufacturing Company and sold to the Worcester Knitting Mills under a conditional contract of sale at some time before July 1, 1907. This conditional sale was not fully complied with until after the conversion here complained of, but the machines were not…