Walter v. Ross

WASHINGTON. Circuit Justice.

This is an action of trover and conversion, in which a verdict has been found for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the court upon the following ease. Shoemaker & Traverse, merchants, of Philadelphia, became considerably indebted to the plaintiffs, of Boston, in the year 180G, in a course of commercial dealings which had taken place between them. With a view to discharge this debt, they made various shipments of goods, sometimes to the plaintiffs, and sometimes to other houses, with orders to pay over the proceeds to them; and it was to be remarked, that…