Oliver v. Reading Iron Co.

Citations

• 170 Pa. 396
• 32 A. 1088
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1419

Syllabus

<p>Sale— Change of Possession — Fraud—Evidence.</p> <p>The Supreme Court will not reverse a judgment on a verdict in favor of plaintiff in a feigned issue to determine the ownership of personal property, where it appears by the evidence that plaintiff’s vendor took possession of the property under a bill of sale, for a full consideration, from the original owners who were the judgment debtors of the defendant; and where the integrity of the transaction and the sufficiency of the possession taken and maintained in consummation of them, is established by the verdict of the jury in accordance with the evidence.</p> <p>The bill of sale in such a case being the foundation of plaintiff’s claim to the properly, was properly admitted in evidence, and the question whether it formed a part of a scheme to defraud the creditors of the makers of it was for the jury.</p>