Schenkhouse v. Gibbs
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Case. The facts on which the present cause depended, will be found in the report of Ingraham, indorsee, v. Gibbs et at. (2 Dall. 134) ; and the note annexed to it. (Ibid. 136.) The following charge- was delivered to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
— We are of opinion, that the mode of remitting by a general bill, payable to one merchant, with separate drafts in favor of each of the other merchants, who are interested in the amount of the bill, is a good and lawful execution of the trust and authority of a factor, employed by several distinct and unconnected merchants, resident abroad. No inconvenience can arise from the transaction, if all the parties are apprised of the distributive appropriation. It is essential, however, to such a remittance, that notice should be given to the jjarties. In the present case, there is no…
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