Wichita Savings Bank v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Sedgwick District Court. Action by Wichita Savings Bank, to recover of the Railroad Company $758.38, and interest thereon from 6th September 1876. The petition, among other facts, alleged, that one Henry Schneider, on said 6th of September, borrowed from plaintiff said sum of $1,250, for thirty days, and assigned and delivered to plaintiff, as security for said loan, four bills of lading issued by the duly-authorized agent of the Railroad Company to said…
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Error from Sedgwick District Court. Action by Wichita Savings Bank, to recover of the Railroad Company $758.38, and interest thereon from 6th September 1876. The petition, among other facts, alleged, that one Henry Schneider, on said 6th of September, borrowed from plaintiff said sum of $1,250, for thirty days, and assigned and delivered to plaintiff, as security for said loan, four bills of lading issued by the duly-authorized agent of the Railroad Company to said Schneider, each of which bills stated that said Railroad Company had received from Schneider a certain quantity of wheat to be…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This action was based upon four bills of lading, issued by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company, covering four shipments of wheat. Two of the bills of lading called for 23,000 pounds of wheat each, and *521two called for 25,000 pounds each — all consigned to the order of Henry Schneider at St. Louis, Mo. As the point involved here is the same, as to each of the bills of lading, we will follow the course pursued by the counsel in their argument, and state the case as if covering simply one bill.
Statement of facts. On the 4th of…
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