Davis v. Patrick
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OE NEBRASKA. The case was stated by the court as follows : This case was commenced on the 24th day of November, 1880, by the filing of a petition in the District Court of Knox County, Nebraska. Subsequently it was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States, and at the May term, 1883, of that court á judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OE NEBRASKA. The case was stated by the court as follows : This case was commenced on the 24th day of November, 1880, by the filing of a petition in the District Court of Knox County, Nebraska. Subsequently it was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States, and at the May term, 1883, of that court á judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. That judgment was reversed by this court, at its October term, 1886. Davis v. Patrick, 122 U. S. 138. A second trial in January, 1890, resulted in another verdict and judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beewee
That Davis was interested in having the ore transported to the furnaces is clear. He was interested in two respects: First, as to the 4995 tons to be delivered to him at the ore-house, it being his property when thus delivered, any subsequent handling was wholly for his benefit; and in respect to the balance, as the transportation was one step in the process of converting the product of the mine into money, it would help to pay the debt of the company to him. Davis, therefore, was so pecuniarily interested in, and so much to be benefited by, the prompt and successful transportation of the…
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