Rapp v. Grayson

THE refusal of the Court to give instructions to the jury, which are good law but not applicable to the case, cannot be assigned for error.

The usages of commerce regulate the duties and privileges of commission-merchants, and generally form their contracts in business; which usages are matters of fact, and susceptible of proof.

It is as much the duty of a commission-merchant to obey instructions, with regard to the shipping of goods deposited with him to be shipped, as it is to keep them safely while in his care. This duty devolves on all who are acting for him as clerks or agents; and, while…