Geary v. O'Neil

This suit was"brought by appellee, to recover for a quantity of liquors claimed to have been sold and delivered by plaintiff to defendant. On the trial below, it was insisted, by defendant, that, although the goods were charged on the books to him, it was understood that he was in no event to be responsible for their payment; that they were purchased by and fpr his brother James. On the other hand, it is claimed that it was understood, before the goods were delivered, that defendant was to be" responsible for the goods. The jury found for plaintiff, and, after overruling a motion for a new…