Reeder v. Moore

Plaintiffs brought replevin against Jerome B. Moore, his wife and son, for a quantity of shoes claimed by them to have been purchased from them by Moore through misrepresentation as to his financial condition. At the time of the replevin the son was in charge of the goods, and- the mother had a mortgage or bill of sale upon them. The plaintiffs assert that the son was the agent of the father, while defendants claim'that he was the agent of the mother, and that the goods were in her possession.

We are asked to reverse the judgment upon the ground that no demand was made for the property before…