Caswell v. Parker

This action of trover against an infant was heard by the court, without a jury, with the right of exception to rulings upon matters of law.

The plaintiff intrusted the defendant with a quantity of shoes to be sold by the latter upon commission. The shoes were to remain the property of the plaintiff until sold, and those remaining unsold, and the proceeds of those sold, less the defendant’s commission, were to be turned over to the plaintiff The plaintiff claimed that he gave instructions to the defendant to sell only for cash; that the defendant sold some of the shoes upon credit and failed to…