Cottman v. Wagner

The contest which we umpire in this appeal is between two members of the gentler sex over ownership of a secretary that each of them had bought from the same vendor. The desk is not an antique and, concededly, is worth less than $300.00. Plainly, sordid considerations of money alone did not inspire this legal battle; rather, credit must be given to principle, each feeling that she has the strength of ten because her cause is just.

Mrs. Wagner, the appellee, spent the summers at Cape May and dealt regularly with one Welter, who ran an antique shop -there in the busy season. Her purchases were…