Gregory v. Morris
Supreme Court of the United States
EBBOB-to the.Supreme Court of Wyoming Territory. On Feb. 26, 1873, W. A. Morris and A. J. Gregory executed a written contract at Austin, Tenías, for the sale to the latter, in accordance with a schedule of prices in gold, of a large number of cattle.' The contract provided that Morris was to retain- a lien on the cattle until the purchase-money, amounting to nearly $8,000, should be paid; and it, for the purpose of preserving, said lien, authorized him to designate some…
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EBBOB-to the.Supreme Court of Wyoming Territory. On Feb. 26, 1873, W. A. Morris and A. J. Gregory executed a written contract at Austin, Tenías, for the sale to the latter, in accordance with a schedule of prices in gold, of a large number of cattle.' The contract provided that Morris was to retain- a lien on the cattle until the purchase-money, amounting to nearly $8,000, should be paid; and it, for the purpose of preserving, said lien, authorized him to designate some person as his agent to go' along with and retain possession of' the' cattle. In the event of the balance of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and tenth assignments of error may be considered together. They relate entirely to the construction and effect given the contract between Gregory and Morris, as shown by the several instruments in writing • put in evidence. There was no real controversy as-to the facts; but.Gregory claimed that he was the purchaser of the cattle in dispute from Morris, and. that the lien provided for in favor of Morris was one which a delivery of the property under the contract, extinguished. There was no pretence of. payment on his part further than that…
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