Edgerton v. Michels
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Oassoday: The complaint alleges in effect that, at the times mentioned therein, the plaintiffs were copartners, doing business as such “under the firm name of Edgerton & Brown, as factors and brokers of cattle and live stock, at the city of Milwaukee;” that during the same time the defendants were copartners, doing business as buyers and sellers^of cattle and…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Oassoday: The complaint alleges in effect that, at the times mentioned therein, the plaintiffs were copartners, doing business as such “under the firm name of Edgerton & Brown, as factors and brokers of cattle and live stock, at the city of Milwaukee;” that during the same time the defendants were copartners, doing business as buyers and sellers^of cattle and live stock at Milwaukee under the firm name of Michels Bros.; that the defendants were indebted to the plaintiffs upon…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 23, 1886:
Cassoday, J.
Upon the facts stated was the court justified in directing a verdict against the defendants on their counterclaim, and in favor of the plaintiffs for the full amount of their claim? The cattle had been stolen by Eddy, alias Sherman, prior to the sale to the defendants, and that fact was unknown to both parties until after the plaintiffs had paid Eddy, and the defendants had paid the plaintiffs, and the cattle had been shipped to Chicago, where they were reclaimed by the true owner. The plaintiffs contend that they were mere…
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