C. E. White & Co. v. Century Savings Bank
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Illinois; Francis M. Wright, Judge. Action by the Century Savings Bank of Des Moines, Iowa, against C. E. White & Co., a corporation. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an action in trover, instituted by defendant in error, a bank at Des Moines, Iowa, against White & Co., a commission house at East St. Louis, Ill. Judgment for the bank was entered upon a directed verdict.
To sustain the charge of a tortious appropriation of the bank’s chattels, the following proofs were maple: On June 22, 1908, Hough was a stock buyer at Des Moines and was the owner and in possession of 319 hogs. He took them that day to the Wabash Railroad, which loaded them into cars and issued to him a bill of lading for their transportation from “Shipper L. R.…
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