American S. R. Co. v. Swisshelm Etc. Co.

Appellee brought this action against appellant American Smelting and Befining Company to recover the sum of $1,904.27, the alleged value of four carloads of ore purchased by the smelting company at its El Paso plant from one Cyrus Farwell, who, the appellee alleged, had wrongfully removed the ore from its mining claims in Cochise County. The appellant in its answer set up numerous defenses. Among others, it alleged that the plaintiff below had received full payment for its ore from one Cyrus Farwell, and was estopped from making the claim as set forth by virtue of a certain judgment of the…