Mathias v. Sellers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery county: Of January Term 1876, No. 57. Replevin by William B. Sellers and John Henry Radey, trading as Sellers k Radey, against Abner J. Mathias, for a lot of cigars which were manufactured by defendant for plaintiffs, from tobacco furnished by the latter. The defendant having entered a claim property bond, pleaded non cepit ” and “property.”
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery county: Of January Term 1876, No. 57. Replevin by William B. Sellers and John Henry Radey, trading as Sellers k Radey, against Abner J. Mathias, for a lot of cigars which were manufactured by defendant for plaintiffs, from tobacco furnished by the latter. The defendant having entered a claim property bond, pleaded non cepit ” and “property.” It appeared at the trial that Mathias, who is a cigar manufacturer, in the fall of 1872, entered into an agreement with the plaintiffs, who are tobacco merchants, whereby the latter were to furnish…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
In the fall of 1872, Sellers & Radey, the plaintiffs below, entered into an agreement with Mathias, the defendant, to furnish him with tobacco at prices that were specified. This tobacco was to be worked up by the defendant into cigars of such kinds and brands as the plaintiffs from time to time should designate. Fixed prices for the manufacture of the cigars according to their quality were to’be allowed, and advances were to be made by the plaintiffs to the defendant for stamps and wages as the work should be done and the cigars be delivered.
On the 6th of November 1873, the defendant had…
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