Hewitt v. Democratic Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Noy. T., 1915, No. 603, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Erskine Hewitt, Receiver of the International Typesetting Machine Co., v. Democratic Publishing Co. Replevin for typecasting machine. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was refusal of judgment for defendant n. o. v., quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion By
MR- Justice Schaffer,
This is an action of replevin to recover possession of a typecasting machine.
The International Typesetting Machine Company, a corporation of the State of New York, sold the machine *548to Morgan; under the contract of sale, payment for it was to be made in installments; title was not to pass until payment should be made in full, and the indebtedness was to be evidenced by promissory notes secured by a chattel mortgage, which the purchaser executed. Subsequently Morgan sold the machine to Potts, and it finally came into possession of defendant; when acquired by the…
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