Rogers v. Huie
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fourth Judicial District. The only question in the case is distinctly stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHeydeneeldt, Justice
The question to be here decided is, whether an auctioneer, who, in the regular course of his business, receives and sells stolen goods, and pays over the proceeds of sale to the felon, without notice that the goods were stolen, is liable to the true owner as for a conversion.
*572The only case precisely similar to this, is Hoffman et al. v. Caro^, 22 Wendell. That case was decided by the New York Court of Errors, composed then of the Chancellor and. Senate, and upon the question there was a dissenting opinion and a divided vote. The majority of the Court held, that the auctioneer was liable. The…
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