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" But to my mind the proposition which fits this case is, that any person who, however innocently, obtains possession of the goods of a person who has been fraudulently deprived of them, and disposes of them, whether for his own benefit or that of any other... "
An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law ... - Page 464
by Edmund Story-Maskelyne, Cecil Clare Marston Dale - 1877 - 683 pages
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The Bankers' Magazine, and Journal of the Money Market, Volume 36

Banks and banking - 1876 - 1102 pages
...Fotcler (33 LT Eep. NS 73, 81). It was there laid down that "Any person who however innocently obtains possession of the goods of a person who has been fraudulently deprived oí them, and disposes of them whether for his own benefit or that of any other person, is guilty of...
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Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and ..., Volume 14

Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 916 pages
...Respondents('). Trover — Conversion — Broker or Principal. Any person who, however innocently, obtains possession of the goods of a person •who has been...that of any other person, is guilty of a conversion. Where, therefore, B. had fraudulently obtained cotton from F., and H. (whose ordinary business was...
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A Treatise on the Law of Fraud and Mistake

William Williamson Kerr - Fraud - 1883 - 640 pages
...(d), but, unless they have been purchased in market overt, any person who however innocently obtains possession of the goods of a person who has been fraudulently deprived of them under such circumstances that there is no contract to support the possession, and disposes of them,...
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The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the ..., Volume 11

Ontario. High Court of Justice - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 850 pages
...proposition stated by Lord Chelmsford at p. 7!)5, " that any person who, however innocently, obtains possession of the goods of a person who has been fraudulently...that of any other person, is guilty of a conversion." In the present case there was no disposal of the goods in the sense of their destruction or removal...
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Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the ..., Volume 15

Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1886 - 918 pages
...has been ruled in Ganly v. Ledwidge (Ir. Rep. 10 CL 33). Any person who however innocently obtained possession of the goods of a person who has been fraudulently deprived of them, and disposes of them, is guilty of a conversion : (Rollins v. Fowler, L. Rep. 7 H. of L. 757 ; Hpnoood v. Smith, 2 TR 750...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeal, Volume 14

Ontario. Court of Appeal, James Stewart Tupper, Richard Scougall Cassels - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 868 pages
...they had bought it for him. The only point decided was, that any one who, however innocently, obtains possession of the goods of a person who has been fraudulently...that of any other person is guilty of a conversion. Brett, J., discusses the difficulties which sometimes arise in determining what is such an exercise...
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The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal, Volume 23

Law - 1889 - 896 pages
...was laid down, in Holli»s v. Foakr, LR 7 H. L, 757, that any person who, however iuuoceutly, obtains N~ U K sA 1S ( V ~8 a iC " s n o )h/O Ӝ FY U...<M 6 Q rא P! T K f Ư = a }l A 뻒hQ 5ޙ7\X %FP conversion. Where, therefore, Bayley had fraudulently obtained from Fowler, and Rollins (whose ordinary...
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A Treatise on the Law of Agency: Including Not Only a Discussion of the ...

Floyd Russell Mechem - Agency - 1889 - 1086 pages
...of reasonable prudence, he believed to be the owner.1 But a broker who, however innocently, obtains possession of the goods of a person who has been fraudulently deprived of them, and disposes of them as being himself the principal or owner of them, is liable to the owner as for a conversion.' Thus...
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Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trial of Actions at Nisi Prius, Volume 2

Maurice Powell - Evidence (Law) - 1891 - 936 pages
...Burroughs v. Bayne, 5 Ы. & N. 296; 29 LJ, Ex. 185. "And any person who, however innocently, obtains possession of the goods of a person who has been fraudulently...that of any other person, is guilty of a conversion." Per Ld. Chelmsford, Fowler v. flvllhis, LR, 7 HL 757, 795, vide SC, cited pott, pp. 972, 973. In these...
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Commentaries on the Present Laws of England, Volume 1

Thomas Brett - English law - 1891 - 660 pages
...v. Fowler ( 2 ), where the principle was laid down that any person who, however innocently, obtains possession of the goods of a person who has been fraudulently...benefit or that of any other person, is guilty of conversion. Where an action of conversion is brought against a mere wrong-doer, the plaintiff need...
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