Legal Opinion

Lyon v. Lenon

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 3, 1886No. 12,023PublishedCited by 31 opinions

From the Carroll Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

This was a suit in replevin to recover the possession of five hundred and seventy bushels of wheat.

The facts as developed by the evidence are as follows: In 1882, and j>rior thereto, Lenon was the owner of a grain-house and elevator at Delphi, Indiana. He testified that he was not a warehouseman, and that he never stored wheat for hire. In July, 1882, the plaintiff delivered to Lenon at his elevator, in different lots, the quantity of wheat above mentioned, and received upon the delivery of each lot a receipt signed by the latter’s agent of the following tenor:

John Lennon.

No. 1. Delphi, Ind.,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Reissner v. OxleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Gaff v. GreerIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Lonergan v. StewartIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  4. Lowe v. RyanIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Rice v. NixonIndiana Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Citizens & Southern Bank v. Union Warehouse & Compress Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1924
  2. City of Vincennes v. Citizens' Gas Light Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Morningstar v. CunninghamIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Savage v. Salem Mills Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Metropolitan National Bank v. Commercial State BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898

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