Legal Opinion
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Tomlinson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1924No. 2118PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, District Judge.
Separate suits were brought by E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. against seven defendants in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The object of the suits was to recover the value of a large quantity of nitrate of soda which the plaintiff claimed was its property, but had been stolen by its agent, a certain W. B. Tredwell, and wrongfully sold by him to the defendants. Similar facts were involved in the cases of Tredwell v. U. S. (C. C. A.) 266 Fed. 350; Whitehurst v. U. S. (C. C. A.) 272 Fed. 46; Richmond Guano Co. v. E. I. Du…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Swift v. TysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. BaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Nicholls v. WebbSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
- Greene v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1907
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co. v. Norwich Pharmacal Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- United States v. Mammoth Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- United States v. MortimerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Landay v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1939
- E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Richmond Guano Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924
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