Forney v. Adams
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Moberly Court of Common Pleas. — Hon. Gf. H. Burckhartt, Judge. cited 56 Mo. 558 ; Flanagan v. Alexander, 50 Mo. 50 ; 59 Mo. 258 ; Rogers v. Batchelor, 12 Pet. 221; Caldwell v. Scott, 54 N. H. 414; Todd v. Lorah, 75 Pa. St. 155; Stegall v. Coney, 49 Miss. 761.
1Opinion of the CourtHough, J.
This is a suit for the value of certain tobacco and cigars alleged to have been sold by plaintiffs to defendant. There was evidence tending to show that Forney, one of the firm of Forney, Elliott & Co., plaintiffs herein, was indebted to one Tissue, and that he disposed of the tobacco and cigars in question, being the property of the firm, to Tissue, in payment of his private debt; that Tissue was indebted to the defendant, Adams, and that he transferred said tobacco and cigars to Adams in payment of his debt to him, and that Adams knew at the time he agreed to receive the tobacco from…
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