Sullivan v. Norris

The instructions given by the court below were substantially correct. The court told the jury, in an instruction given in lien of the instructions asked for by appellant’s counsel, “ that, if James Norris received the tobacco, as a commission-merchant or shipper, to sell for the plaintiff, and that he sold' the tobacco or authorized the defendants to sell it, and it was sold by the defendants and the money paid by them to James Norris, they must find for the defendants, unless they find that *520the defendants had notice before said jDayment to pay the same to plaintiff.” This instruction…