Holleb Liquor Distributors, Inc. v. Lincoln Fireproof Warehouse Co.

In this action to recover damages for conversion of ten cases of liquor, the plaintiff, an Illinois corporation, alleged in its complaint that on September 18, 1934, the defendant, Lincoln Fireproof Warehouse Company, had in its warehouse six hundred fifty cases of liquor which had been consigned to the New Era Products Company (subsequently interpleaded as a defendant herein upon the defendant’s cross complaint) ; that on September 18, 1934, the interpleaded defendant sold the liquor to the plaintiff, and in writing assigned all its rights, title, and interest therein to the latter; that…