Bryce & Rennie v. Brooks
New York Supreme Court
Tjl RROR from the Supreme Court. This was an action -*—* of trover for a quantity of rollers for printing calicoes, brought by Bryce and Rennie against Brooks in the superior court of the city of New-York.
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Tjl RROR from the Supreme Court. This was an action -*—* of trover for a quantity of rollers for printing calicoes, brought by Bryce and Rennie against Brooks in the superior court of the city of New-York. On the seventh day of September, 1833, Brooks, an importing merchant in the city of New-York, at the request of Bryce and Rennie, sent an order to his correspondent in Manchester, (England) to have a quantity of rollers prepared, engraved, and forwarded to him with all possible dispatch, and on the fifteenth day of October, in the same year, sent a similar order for an additional quantity.…
1Opinion of the Court
*371After advisement the following opinions were delivered:
By the Chancellor.
The principal question presented by this case is, whether a purchasing agent has a general lien for advances made or liabilities incurred for his principal. Where the purchase is limited to a single article, this question cannot arise, for then, of necessity, the lien is particular. Here, however, there were two transactions, and the doctrine of general lien applies. If the plaintiffs in the action intended to have insisted on a waiver of the lien, they should have submitted that question to the jury, for from the very…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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