Lehigh Coal & Iron Co. v. West Superior Iron & Steel Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: E. D. Marshall, Circuit Judge. This is a garnishment proceeding. In June, 1892, the main defendant, the West Duluth Furnace Company, was operating a blast furnace at West Duluth, Minnesota, and was manufacturing pig iron and selling the same in large quantities to the garnishee defendant. October 9,1892, the furnace company owed the plaintiff more than $24,000 for coke sold.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: E. D. Marshall, Circuit Judge. This is a garnishment proceeding. In June, 1892, the main defendant, the West Duluth Furnace Company, was operating a blast furnace at West Duluth, Minnesota, and was manufacturing pig iron and selling the same in large quantities to the garnishee defendant. October 9,1892, the furnace company owed the plaintiff more than $24,000 for coke sold. June 9, 1892, the plaintiff brought suit against the furnace company to recover the amount so due it for coke, and at the same time garnished the West…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNSlow, J.
The appellant claims that the circuit court erred (1) in finding that the drafts did not pass from the control of the garnishee; and (2) in finding that the arrangement for the delivery of the drafts to Harriman was fraudulent.
*225The question whether the drafts, when in Harriman’s possession, were still under the control of the garnishee, is a vital one. If the circuit judge was right in finding that they were still under its control, then this judgment must be affirmed. This results from the application of well-understood legal principles. The drafts were not binding as contracts while…
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