Kerchner v. . Reilly
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, in the nature of Trover, tried at the Spring Term, 1874, of Cumbeeland Superior Court, by Buxton, J. The necessary facts are fully stated by Justice Rodman. On the trial below there were a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff from which defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
The case, as far as it is material now to state it, is very briefly this : One Powers, in partnership with another person, and afterwards on his own account alone had been selling goods as a merchant in Fayetteville, and the firm and he individually became insolvent. Afterwards the plaintiff, who is a merchant in Wilmington, under a written contract with Powers, furnished him goods to be sold on terms which in effect made Powers the agent of the plaintiff for their sale. These goods were placed in the same store house in which Powers had previously done business on his own account. The…
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