Goss Printing Press Co. v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 24, May Term, 1895, by.plaintiff, from judgment of C. P., Dauphin County, March Term, 1895, No. 92, on verdict for defendant. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine ownership of a printing press. Before Simonton, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the Goss Printing Press Company, entered into a contract with W. F. Jordan to build a printing press for Jordan on the latter’s premises.
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Appeal No. 24, May Term, 1895, by.plaintiff, from judgment of C. P., Dauphin County, March Term, 1895, No. 92, on verdict for defendant. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine ownership of a printing press. Before Simonton, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the Goss Printing Press Company, entered into a contract with W. F. Jordan to build a printing press for Jordan on the latter’s premises. The title of the press to remain in the Goss Printing Press Company until the press was paid for on acceptance as satisfactory. The press was built in Chicago, shipped by railroad to Harrisburg, consigned…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchelb,
This case hinges on the question of delivery. The first contract was beyond dispute one of sale, and although the title would not have passed between the parties until full performance of the conditions, yet after delivery it would have been conclusively held to have passed in favor of creditors of the vendee. Equally beyond dispute, the second contract was one of bailment in which the title did not pass at all as against the bailor, either in favor of the bailee or his creditors. The question therefore is whether the circumstances under which the second…
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