Commercial Bank v. Armsby Co.

The J. K. Armsby Company, an Illinois corporation, shipped to Walton & Carr, their brokers, in Augusta, a quantity of salmon for distribution to different parties to whom the goods had been sold. Walton & Cárr were merely agents of the Armsby Company, and had no right or title to the salmon. The goods were shipped from a point in Oregon, by parties from whom they had been ordered by the Armsby Company, on a through bill of lading to Augusta, and were consigned to the order of the consignor, with directions to notify Walton & Carr. The Armsby Company sent Walton & Carr a check for the amount…