Harris v. . Pratt
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Superior Court of the city of New-York. Action for the recovery of personal property, tried before Woodkuff, J., in May, 1856. The plaintiffs were manufacturers, at Leicester, England. John and James Hall were copartners and merchants in the city of New-York, where they dealt in lace and hosiery, under the name of Hall Brothers. They had also a house in Nottingham, England, where they carried on business under the name of J. & J. Hall.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of the city of New-York. Action for the recovery of personal property, tried before Woodkuff, J., in May, 1856. The plaintiffs were manufacturers, at Leicester, England. John and James Hall were copartners and merchants in the city of New-York, where they dealt in lace and hosiery, under the name of Hall Brothers. They had also a house in Nottingham, England, where they carried on business under the name of J. & J. Hall. John Hall resided at Nottingham, and James in New-York. The business of the house in England consisted almost entirely in transactions with the…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The general rule in this class of cases is that while the goods remain in the possession of persons concerned in their transportation to the place of destination named by the purchaser, they may in the event of his failure be reclaimed by the seller. It is not material whether the person in whose possession they are when the seller…
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