Brother & Brother v. Peters & Brother
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. J. Q. Smith. This was a statutory trial of the right of property in twenty-five boxes of tobacco, between J. M. Peters & Brother, of Virginia, as plaintiffs, and J. Loeb & Brother, of Montgomery, as claimants.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. J. Q. Smith. This was a statutory trial of the right of property in twenty-five boxes of tobacco, between J. M. Peters & Brother, of Virginia, as plaintiffs, and J. Loeb & Brother, of Montgomery, as claimants. The plaintiffs had sold the tobacco to M. Munter & Brother, of Montgomery, and, in the exercise of the right of stoppage in transitv,, had claimed and demanded them of the carrier, the South & North Alabama Bailroad Company, in whose possession the boxes were, and brought an action of detinue to recover them. Loeb &…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
Munter & Brother, being largely in debt, and insolvent, by an order requesting shipment to them, bought of plaintiffs, J. M. Peters & Brother, of Yirginia, twenty-five boxes of tobacco; which they accordingly sent *248as directed, to Munter & Brother, at Montgomery, Alabama, by railroad, forwarding to them by mail a bill of lading therefor. On receipt of this, several days before the boxes arrived, Munter & Brother indorsed it, and transferred their right to the goods to J. Loeb & Brother, who gave them credit for the same, on a debt past due, which Munter & Brother owed them. There was no other…
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