Belding Bros. v. Frankland
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Davidson county. Frank T. Reid, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
An agreed case to test the question whether the vendor or the assignee of the vendee, under a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, has the better title to certain goods. The trial judge found in favor of 'the defendant, the assignee, and the. plaintiffs appealed.
On November 3, 1881, B. Levison & Bro., merchants at Nashville, ordered goods from Belding Bros. & Co. at Cincinnati, to the value of $153. The goods were shipped from Cincinnati on November 4, 1881. On the 7th of the same month, Levison & Bro. made an assignment of their stock to J. Frankland as trustee for the benefit of…
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