Warner v. Martin
Supreme Court of the United States
Tins was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting as a court of equity. o In the early part of the year 1841, there was a commercial firm in the city of Richmond, Virginia, trading under the name of Martin & Franklin, wno were dealers in tobacco and manufacturers of the article.
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Tins was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting as a court of equity. o In the early part of the year 1841, there was a commercial firm in the city of Richmond, Virginia, trading under the name of Martin & Franklin, wno were dealers in tobacco and manufacturers of the article. There was at the same time a firm in Philadelphia, composed of the persons named in the caption of this statement, trading under the name of Heald, Woodward, and Company. There was also a firm in New York, trading under the name of Charles Esenwein and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
We state.such circumstances in this case as may be necessary for the application of our opinion to other cases of a like kind.
Martin & Franklin were manufacturers of tobacco in Richmond, Virginia. They were in the habit of shipping the article to Charles Esenwein in New York, as their agent and factor. In April, 1841, they made the first shipment upon a new account to Esenwein, and at intervals during the summer made other consignments to him. It was their practice to draw upon Esenwein, payable in four months, for an estimated portion of the proceeds of sale; among other drafts were the…
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