Lehman, Durr & Co. v. Shackleford

The appellants were sued by the appellees, in trover, for the conversion of two bales of cotton. Their defence was, that the cotton belonged to Marx, who stored it with them, and held their receipt.

About the middle of October, 1871, Marx went upon premises which were in the possession of the plaintiffs as tenants of Basil, who was himself a lessee. He hired a person to go with him, and his purpose was to get cotton from the plaintiffs. According to their testimony, he represented to them that he held Basil’s notes for the rent of the land for that year, and had brought the sheriff with him,…