Powell v. R. G. Wallace & Co.

Opinion by

Green, C.:

On the 16th day of March, 1888, the defendants in error commenced this action in the district court of Greenwood county to recover certain personal property, being a bill of boots, shoes, and rubber goods, which they claim had been consigned to J. F. Myers, who was engaged in the boot and shoe business at Eureka. The plaintiffs below, being engaged in the wholesale trade at Kansas City, Mo., shipped the goods, as they allege, on the second day of November, 1887, to Myers, to be sold by him at retail, but with the understanding that they were to hold the title to the same,…