Dodge v. Meyer
California Supreme Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of California, in and for the City and-County of San Francisco, and from an order of the Superior Court of the same city and county denying a motion for a new trial. Evans, J. Action in the nature of trover for the conversion of wheat. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1DissentMcKee, J.
I dissent. In 1874, the firm of E. E. Morgan’s Sons were commission merchants and factors in San Francisco, engaged in chartering ships, which' they controlled for themselves, for .the purpose of shipping wheat from California to foreign countries, for sale. With these factors, a number of wheat-growers in this State entered into agreements for forwarding their wheat to them, to be shipped by them to Europe and sold for the account of the owners. By the terms of the agreements Morgan’s Sons were to take charge of the wheat, make advances on it to the farmers to an extent not exceeding twenty…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lineker v. AyeshfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1850