O'Riley v. Suver

This suit was brought by O’Riley, the appellant, to recover the proceeds of the sale of a bull that had been shipped to Chicago by one John Shelton, for the appellee, Nancy Suver. On Monday of a certain week, the appellee sent her son, Leonidas Suver, to the village of Cameron, with a bull, with instructions to sell it to Shelton for $50, or have the latter ship it to Chicago to be sold. Shelton not buying the bull, he shipped it to Chicago on that day. He returned on Wednesday, and that evening Leonidas Suver went in to Cameron to ascertain the result, but not seeing Shelton, he made a sale…