Miles v. Foy

This was a suit on account to recover the value of certain barrel staves and heads. The defendant, Foy, pleaded that he owed the plaintiff nothing; that he bought the staves and heads from F. N. Bushin, not knowing that he had a principal, but “thought all the time he was purchasing said staves and heads of said Bushin himself, and that the same was his property;” that he “never received any invoice, bill, or bill of lading for the same from plaintiff or any one else, or any notice of any nature that would put defendant on notice that the staves and heads were not the property of said F. N.…