Fifth National Bank v. Providence Warehouse Co.

Alverson, a produce dealer in

Providence, borrowed o£ the plaintiff the sum of f1,950, upon a

warehouse receipt of the defendant which read as follows: —

Providence Warehouse Co.

Providence, September 28,1888.

S. J. Foster, Mgr.

Across the face of the receipt was the word “ Negotiable.”

There were no distinguishing marks on the cases of eggs, and none noted in the margin of the receipt; but the eggs were placed by themselves in the defendant’s loft. Alverson had other eggs in the warehouse, some of which may have been stored with these ; but this lot was specially known to the manager and servants…