Michel v. Ware
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court of Otoe county. The facts in the case are fully set forth in the opinion. The record in this case shows so plainly the justice of the plaintiff’s claim that authorities need not be cited.
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Error to the district court of Otoe county. The facts in the case are fully set forth in the opinion. The record in this case shows so plainly the justice of the plaintiff’s claim that authorities need not be cited. The evidence of all the witnesses and the defendant himself proves that S. A. Ingham & Oo. sold their interest in the three hundred and seventeen sacks of flour to J. A. Ware, the defendant; that there was a lien against it for freight charges due Thomas French; that subsequently Ware assigned his interest to French, who then became the absolute owner thereof. Ware swears himself…
1Opinion of the Court
Lake, Ch. J.
This was a proceeding in error to reverse the judgment of the district court of Otoe county. The facts in the’ case are substantially as follows:
In the year 1865, Thomas French, who was then engaged in the freighting business, conveyed for S. A. Ingham & Co., three hundred and seventeen sacks of flour to Fort Kearney, and stored the same with the plaintiff, Michel, a warehouseman at that place. To secure himself for transporting this flour, French stored it in his own name and took a receipt therefor. Afterwards, Ingham & Go. being indebted to the defendant, Ware, in order to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Conard v. Atlantic Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
3Cited by3 opinions
- Rush v. FrenchArizona Supreme Court · 1874
- Wichita Savings Bank v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1878
- Large v. SteerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888