Harris v. Bradley
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska
This is an action for three thousand sacks of corn, mentioned in an instrument claimed to be a warehouse receipt, made by the defendants May 26th, 1870, and indorsed to the plaintiffs [Harris, Hutchinson & Co.]. The instrument itself, and the circumstances under which it was indorsed to and is held by the plaintiffs, appear in the special verdict of the jury hereinafter mentioned.
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This is an action for three thousand sacks of corn, mentioned in an instrument claimed to be a warehouse receipt, made by the defendants May 26th, 1870, and indorsed to the plaintiffs [Harris, Hutchinson & Co.]. The instrument itself, and the circumstances under which it was indorsed to and is held by the plaintiffs, appear in the special verdict of the jury hereinafter mentioned. Under issues presenting the right of the plaintiffs to recover, and denying liability on the part of defendants, the action was tried by a jury, who, under instructions, found' a general and also a special verdict.…
1Opinion of the Court
DILLON, Circuit Judge.
1. The title to the com, mentioned in the receipt of May 20th, 1870, was in Bailey & Weightman, and the defendants, Bradley & Robertson, were their bailees. The receipt was the evidence of the title of Bailey & Weightman, and the indorsement and delivery thereof in St. Louis to the plaintiffs, the property being then in Nebraska City, was equivalent to the delivery to the plaintiffs of the property itself. The indorsement and delivery of the receipt of the warehouseman in the course of trade, passes the title and right of possession of the property to the party to whom…
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