Ross P. Curtice Co. v. Estate of Jones

Shepherd, District Judge.

Owen L. Jones purchased an Ampico Franklin piano from the Ross P. Curtice Company, appellant, on a conditional sale contract note, a note of the kind long upheld by the courts and now generally used throughout the state. Shortly afterward the company shipped the instrument with bench, cabinet and records to Jones at Wymore, Nebraska, where the latter was then staying. It was received there and delivered, as appellant contends, to Owen L. Jones, through his brother, R. J. Jones. It is established that this brother receipted to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad…