Solomon v. Bushnell

By the Court,

Lord, J.:

This was an action of replevin, brought for the possession of one thousand bushels of wheat, or its value, if delivery could not be had, upon a warehouse receipt given by the defendant to one Skye Meek, and by him transferred to the plaintiff.

Sufficient for the purposes of this case that the facts are that Skye Meek, a tenant of Samuel Meek, delivered to the defendant, at his warehouse for storage, twenty-three .hundred and eighteen bushels of wheat, for which he received from the defendant three warehouse receipts. Two of these receipts, viz., for six hundred bushels…