Reid, Murdoch & Co. v. Ferris

Plaintiff was • a wholesale grocery house in Chicago, and defendant a retail grocer in Grand Rapids. This was an action of trover, brought to recover the value of about $1,200 worth of goods sold by plaintiff to defendant between October 30, 1894, and January 9, 1895. The goods were sold at different times during that period, and on different terms of credit, some of the invoices being on 60 days’ time, and others on 30 days’ time; the amount of the largest sale being $238.70, and the smallest one $4. The plaintiff claimed, and introduced evidence tending to show, that the purchases were…