Farmers & Merchants Bank v. Arnold
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for an Accounting, etc.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. William G. Ewing, Judge, presiding. Submitted at the March term, 1895, of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The appellant filed a bill to obtain the proceeds of sixty-eight head of cattle sold by the firm of Arnold, Proctor & Co., commission merchants at the stock yards in Chicago.
It is certain that the cattle were shipped from Missouri to the firm, by one Lyman W. Arnold, in the name of his mother-in-law, Sarah Topping, for the purpose of paying her money that he owed her.
The appellant claims that the cattle were part of those described in a mortgage by Lyman W. Arnold to the bank, upon “ one hundred and thirteen (113) head of steer cattle, all dehorned, thirteen (13) of which are ‘yearlings,’…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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