U. S. Wind Engine & Pump Co. v. Oliver

The original action was one of replevin, instituted by plaintiff in error to recover the possession of certain property alleged to have been wrongfully detained by the defendant in error. The material facts of the case may be •stated briefly as fellows: Plaintiff in error sold and consigned to the firm of Carpenter Bros, the property in dispute. The shipment was made from Kansas City, Missouri, plaintiff’s place of doing business, and the property was delivered to the Kansas City, St. Joe & Council Bluffs Railroad Co. for transportation, and consigned to Hastings, Nebraska, a station on the…