James Rees & Sons Co. v. Western Exposition Society

Citations

• 44 Pa. Super. 381
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 183

Syllabus

<p>Conversion — Remedy—Actions—Assumpsit—Sale or lease of goods.</p> <p>Where personal property of one has been wrongfully taken by another and remains in his possession, the owners cannot recover the price or value in an action of assumpsit; but this rule does not apply where the wrongdoer has by sale or lease of the goods, or otherwise, put it out of his power to respond in an action against him for the recovery of the goods themselves.</p>