Farmers Phosphate Co. v. Gill
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception.—At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayer: That if the jury find from the evidence in this case that the cargo of River Rock was sold to the Messrs.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception.—At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayer: That if the jury find from the evidence in this case that the cargo of River Rock was sold to the Messrs. Symington under the contract offered in evidence, dated 15th Feh., 1887, an.d that on the arrival of the said cargo the cash was not paid for the same, nor the notes given as called for in said contract, and that there has been no waiver of the terms of said contract on the part of the plaintiff, then the plaintiff is…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
On the 4th of June, 1887, the firm of Symington Bros. & Co., of Baltimore, manufacturers of fertilizers, made an assignment of all their property to Mr. John Gill for the benefit of their creditors, and the question in this case is whether a cargo of South Carolina River Rock Phosphate passed to the assignee under this assignment. The question is raised hy an action of trover brought by the Farmers Phosphate Company, the vendor of the Symingtons, against Mr. Gill, their assignee, for the conversion of this property. The facts, essential to he stated, and about which there seems to he no…
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