Hale v. Milwaukee Dock Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Milwaukee Comity. Tbe defendant received in store from one White, a pork packer in Milwaukee, fifty-four barrels, wbicb were marked lC mess pork,” and were branded witb tbe name of said White as packer, but wbicb, in fact, as was discovered sometime after, were packed witb salt only.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Milwaukee Comity. Tbe defendant received in store from one White, a pork packer in Milwaukee, fifty-four barrels, wbicb were marked lC mess pork,” and were branded witb tbe name of said White as packer, but wbicb, in fact, as was discovered sometime after, were packed witb salt only. On receiving tbe property defendant issued a warehouse receipt, as requested by White, for “fifty-four barrels mess pork,” as “received in store from McLaren for account of bearer,” and “ deliverable on return of this receipt and payment of storage.” Tbe receipt did not show…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Among the various offers of evidence made by the defendant on the trial was the following: An offer to prove that among all persons purchasing and dealing in the article of pork in the city of Milwaukee, which has been warehoused, *279there is no inspector appointed by tbe chamber of commerce, but that parties purchasing either require warehouse receipts for the brand of a well-known packer in the city, and buy upon the credit and reputation of the packer, or that, where the commodity is packed by a person whose reputation is not a guaranty of the quality of the article, it is the uniform course…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nelson v. WoodruffSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- Bissel v. PriceIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
- Bradstreet v. HeranU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1849
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- Dean v. . DriggsNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Pekin Warehouse Company, a Corporation v. The Parnell Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957