Bryant v. Swofford Bros. Dry Goods Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The record in this appeal, transmitted to this.court from the Circuit Court of Appeals, contains-the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: “1. On July 20,1904, Ernest M. Newton and John F. Newton, partners as E. M. Newton & Co., merchants at wholesale and retail in Arkansas, and Swofford Bros.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The record in this appeal, transmitted to this.court from the Circuit Court of Appeals, contains-the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: “1. On July 20,1904, Ernest M. Newton and John F. Newton, partners as E. M. Newton & Co., merchants at wholesale and retail in Arkansas, and Swofford Bros. Dry Goods Co., a corporation, of Kansas City, Missouri, engaged in the wholesale dry goods business, entered into a written contract as follows: “ 'Know all men by these'presents: That Mr. E. M. Newton & Co., of New…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moody
The • merchandise which was delivered by Swofford Bros. Dry Goods Co. to E. M. Newton & Co. was delivered under the terms of a written contract. That contract provided that the title to the goods until their sale; and to the proceeds derived from their sale, whether in the form of cash, notes or book accounts, should be and remain in the Dry Goods Company. The contract gave the Newtons the right to sell the goods in the ordinary course of business, but, as has been said, provided that the proceeds of the sale, in .whatever form they existed, should be the property of the Dry Goods Company.…
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