C. Yale, Jr., & Co. v. Oliver & Drake

The plaintiffs bring this suit against the defendants for six bales of cotton, on the following ground. They allege that they are assignees of certain receipts of defendants given in February, 1862, to H. H. Howard for their receipt on storage of the six bales of cotton sued for, the defendants being at that time merchants in the town of Trenton, and keeping a warehouse for the storage of cotton brought to that place for shipment. Tlie receipts specify the marks and weights of the bales. From the widow of Howard, who died in 1864, the plaintiffs aver they received the receipts regularly…