Eggers v. National Bank of Commerce
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by the defendant bank, impleaded with Moses P. Hayes, assignee in insolvency of W. F. Meader & Co., from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Hicks, J., presiding, refusing a new trial. The action was brought to establish the right of plaintiffs to the proceeds of the car-load of wheat, mentioned in the opinion, which had come into the assignee’s hands.
1Opinion of the Court
Collins, J.1
For some years prior to June 19, 1886, Meader &. Co. were operating a warehouse at Waconia, receiving and storing grain for the public, and also engaged in buying and storing grain in said warehouse on their own account. On that day they had on hand, collectively stored in the customary and well-known manner in such warehouses, nearly 7,000 bushels of their own wheat, and 650 bushels which had been deposited by other persons for storage. The same day they issued to the 'appellant (defendant) a storage ticket or receipt for 5,000 bushels of wheat as security for an indebtedness…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fishback v. G. W. Van Dusen & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- National Exchange Bank v. WilderSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Herrick v. BarnesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Washington Loan & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- McDonnell v. Bank of ChinaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1929
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