The Wells-Stone Mercantile Co. v. Grover
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Cass County; Pollock, J. Action by the Wells-Stone Mercantile Company against G. A. Grover and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCorliss, C. J.
The defendants are sought to be held liable for goods sold to the trustee under an instrument creating a trust. The theory of plaintiff’s counsel is that in the purchase of such goods the trustee was the mere agent of the defendants, who themselves were the real traders on whose behalf the business was being carried on. It is therefore obvious that the decision on this appeal will turn upon the construction of the writing in which such trust is expressed. G. A. Grover,— a merchant doing business in this state, — becoming embarrassed, transferred to Albert E. Jones, as trustee, all his…
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- The Wells-Stone Mercantile Co. v. GroverNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1898