Reid, Murdoch & Co. v. Bird

A debt for goods of the value of about $500 is the subject-matter of this action brought by Reid, Murdoch & Company against the Schutt Mercantile Company and Willis E. Bird; The case went off on a nonsuit and we state the facts as we *118find them. What we may say about them is not to be taken as an unquestionable narrative, nor may any of our suggestions be used to influence a jury hereafter.

The case was begun in the county court and afterwards tried in the district court. The Schutt Mercantile Company was a commercial corporation doing business in Durango. It had been transacting business for…