Moran v. Gordon

Appellees, who are surviving members of the firm of Fraser, Gordon & Co., sued appellants in the court below to recover a balance alleged to be due appellees for advances, freight, etc., on fifty tubs of butterine shipped in 1880 by appellants from Chicago, to Fraser, Gordon & Co., at Glasgow, Scotland. By stipulation a jury was waived and the cause submitted to the court for trial. Appellees had judgment, from which this appeal is taken. The suit is occasioned by the fact that there was a loss on the sale of the property, appellants contending that the goods were sold by them to the Glasgow…