Chicago Dock Co. v. Foster

This was an action of replevin, brought to the Superior Court of Chicago, by Thomas H. Foster and Augustine Lee, against Moses and Godfrey Snydacker and the Chicago Dock Company, for one hundred barrels of flour.

The cause was tried by the court without a jury, on several issues made up by the parties, the principal of which was on the defendants’ fourth and fifth pleas—the fourth assuming that the property and right to possession was in F. Smith & Co., and the fifth averred that it was deposited with Moses and Godfrey Snydacker, by Smith & Co., as security for a loan of money to them by the…