Baker v. Central Grocery Co.

Central Grocery Company brought an action in trover against George Baker for the recovery of a car-load of oats, approximately 1,000 bushels, of the value of $635. The testimony adduced on the trial was as follows: B. Y. Wallace, for the plaintiff, testified: I was called over the phone by E. P. Searcy, who stated that his firm had a car of oats in Tifton, shipped to Mr. George Baker, that Baker had refused them as being off grade, and asked me to make an offer for them. I examined the oats and made him an offer. He accepted it and directed me to go to the National Bank of Tifton and take up…