Beebe v. Mead
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Upon the trial of an action of interpleader, brought against Frederick Mead and James Yoorhis, individually and as copartners composing the firm of Frederick Mead & Co. and George H. Macy and others, as copartners composing the firm of Carter, Macy & Co., it appeared that" the firm of Frederick Mead & Co. stored with the plaintiff, a warehouseman, 1,000 half chests of tea; that on June 17, 1902, the plaintiff received the following order: “ Gentlemen.—Please transfer to the…
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Upon the trial of an action of interpleader, brought against Frederick Mead and James Yoorhis, individually and as copartners composing the firm of Frederick Mead & Co. and George H. Macy and others, as copartners composing the firm of Carter, Macy & Co., it appeared that" the firm of Frederick Mead & Co. stored with the plaintiff, a warehouseman, 1,000 half chests of tea; that on June 17, 1902, the plaintiff received the following order: “ Gentlemen.—Please transfer to the order of James Voorhis and hold subject to his order 1,000 half chests of Japan tea, marked 4^ various ships and…
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
This was an action of interpleader by which the plaintiff, who was a warehouseman, asked that the defendants be required to inter-plead and settle their rights to 1,000 half chests of tea, which'.were on storage in the plaintiff’s warehouse, and that upon delivering the said tea to such person or persons as the court/should direct, the plaintiff be discharged from all liability to either qf the defendants. The complaint alleges that the' defendants Mead and Yoorhis'were' copartners. The defendants interposed separate answers, the defendant Mead denying that he and Yoorhis were…
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