Seago v. Martin

Nelson, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of the court.

Martin placed 2,600 bushels of corn in the warehouse of French & Brown, at Chattanooga, who, after selling parts of it to various persons, shipped about sis hundred bushels thereof to Seago, who was a commission merchant at Atlanta, in compliance with his request made by letter or telegraph. French & Brown were indebted to Seago at the time in a sum sufficient to pay for the corn, but afterwards failed in *309business. They paid to Martin the entire proceeds of their sales, with the exception of the six hundred bushels received by Seago. On the trial…