First National Bank of Green Bay v. Dearborn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Replevin of one hundred barrels of flour. At the trial in the Superior Court, Dewey, J., with the consent of the parties, withdrew the case from the jury, and reported it to this court in substance as follows: At the trial the following facts appeared: R. G. Parks, residing and doing business in Green Bay, Wisconsin, under the name of R. G. Parks & Co., was engaged in the manufacture of flour at a mill in Neenah, in the State of Wisconsin, about thirty or forty miles from…
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Replevin of one hundred barrels of flour. At the trial in the Superior Court, Dewey, J., with the consent of the parties, withdrew the case from the jury, and reported it to this court in substance as follows: At the trial the following facts appeared: R. G. Parks, residing and doing business in Green Bay, Wisconsin, under the name of R. G. Parks & Co., was engaged in the manufacture of flour at a mill in Neenah, in the State of Wisconsin, about thirty or forty miles from Green Bay. The plaintiff bank had its place of business at said Green Bay. Prior to the transactions, in regard to the…
1Opinion of the CourtAmes, J.
It appears that when the draft was discounted and the receipt delivered to the plaintiff, both parties understood that it was an advance by the bank, “ on the flour.” Both parties intended that the property should be, and understood that it was, by that transaction, transferred to the bank, as security for that advance. The discounting of the draft was a sufficient consideration for such a conveyance. If there was a sufficient delivery of the property to the plaintiff, there was nothing to hinder the intention of the parties from going into full effect.
The character and situation of the…
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