Watertown Steam Engine Co. v. Palmer Bros.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Principal and agent. Debtor and creditor. Estoppel. Garnishment. Title. Admissions. Before Judge Harris. City court of Macon. June term, 1889. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
The record in this case shows the following to be, in substance, the facts of the case : J. C. Pinkerton represented the Watertown Steam Engine Co., as its southern agent, and made a settlement with one Tyson for an engine, taking two mules from him in part settlement of his note to the company. Pinkerton kept the mules at Davis’s stables. One of them died and the other was traded to one Pope for a sorrel horse. One Cook got possession of this horse in some way, and Pinkerton brought bail trover therefor. Mansfield stood Cook’s security on the bail-bond. Pinkerton recovered…
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