Skyles v. Bollman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from J&t. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The bill of lading was not delivered to the bank by the distilling company, or anyone authorized by it to deliver the same as security for the payment of the drafts, or otherwise; and hence the bank got no title for any purpose as against Bollman & O’Hara. If Blumb had no authority to endorse the bill of lading, surely he had none to deliver without endorsement.
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Appeal from J&t. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The bill of lading was not delivered to the bank by the distilling company, or anyone authorized by it to deliver the same as security for the payment of the drafts, or otherwise; and hence the bank got no title for any purpose as against Bollman & O’Hara. If Blumb had no authority to endorse the bill of lading, surely he had none to deliver without endorsement. (2) The instruction given for appellants was proper which told the jury that if “they believed from the evidence that the drafts drawn by the distilling company on Gregory & Stagg were…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This cause was here before, and is reported in 73 Mo. 665. The cause was again tried in the •circuit court in conformity with the principles of law announced on the former, hearing. There was a second verdict for the defendants, from which plaintiffs appealed to the court of appeals, where the judgment was reversed, and the defendants bring the cause here by ap.peal. The main facts in the case are substantially the rsame.as when the cause was here before, and they need not be again stated. It is now conceded that one hun•dred of the one hundred and fifty barrels of the high-wines were sold to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Skilling v. BollmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
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