Brewer v. Michigan Salt Ass'n

The plaintiff institutes this suit to recover of the defendant the value of a quantity of salt manufactured by himself and accidentally destroyed by lire afterJ as he claims, it had been sold by him to the defendant. The controversy turns in the main on the question whether, under the peculiar facts of the case, the title to the salt had passed to the defendant before the fire took place.

The facts are agreed upon, and they are as follows:

1st. The defendant is a corporation organized under chapter ninety-five of Compiled Laws, under the corporate name of “The Michigan Salt Association.” It is…