Matthiessen & Weichers Refining Co. v. McMahon's Administrator
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This was an action of trover against the plaintiffs in error. The cause was tried at Hudson Circuit, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs below. Judgment having been entered thereon, this writ of error was thereupon sued out.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, J.
The controversy in this case was between the administrator of McMahon and the Refining Company with respect to the title to certain property — barrels and cooperage stock.
The defendants claimed property in the goods under an alleged purchase from McMahon, at an interview between him and the president of the company on the 2d of December, 1871.
There was some testimony of a sale of the same property to the defendant, negotiated by one Shandly, under a power of attorney from McMahon, but as the title relied on at the trial was mainly under the…
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