Legal Opinion

American Cigar Co. v. Foster

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 24, 1877PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Case made from Superior Court of Grand Eapids. cited: Comp. L., § 4706; Tannahillv. Tuttle, 3 Mich., 105; People v. Bristol, 35 Mich., 28; Montgomery v. Wight, 8 Mich., 149; Thompson v. Van Vechten; 5 Abb. Pr., 437; Worthington v. Hanna, 23 Mich., 531; Leland v. Collver, 34 Mich., 418; Eggleston v. Mundy, 4 Mich., 297. cited: Hamilton v. Bogers, 8 Md., 301; Otis v. Sill, 8 Barb., 102; Bowan v. Sharp's Bifle Manf.

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Case made from Superior Court of Grand Eapids. cited: Comp. L., § 4706; Tannahillv. Tuttle, 3 Mich., 105; People v. Bristol, 35 Mich., 28; Montgomery v. Wight, 8 Mich., 149; Thompson v. Van Vechten; 5 Abb. Pr., 437; Worthington v. Hanna, 23 Mich., 531; Leland v. Collver, 34 Mich., 418; Eggleston v. Mundy, 4 Mich., 297. cited: Hamilton v. Bogers, 8 Md., 301; Otis v. Sill, 8 Barb., 102; Bowan v. Sharp's Bifle Manf. Co., 29 Conn., 2S2; 33 Conn., 577; 13 Mete., 17;. 2 Story, 630; Leland v. Collver, 34 Mich., 418; Fowler v. Hoffman,¶31 Mich., 215; Holly v. Brown, 14 Conn., 254.

1Opinion of the Court

Campbell, J:

The plaintiff sued Foster for the conversion of certain goods mortgaged, to them by one Johnson on the 31st day of August, 1875. The mortgage covered expressly not only all goods then in store, but all other goods to be thereafter put there. The goods in question were not put there until the 4th of October, 1875. The mortgage was filed November 4th, 1875. Foster bought the goods on the 6th of November, in good faith, but with actual knowledge of the mortgage. The court below held that he held them free of the mortgage.

*369■ We need not inquire whether this would have been so if he had…

2Cited by11 opinions

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  2. People ex rel. Esper v. BurnsMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Cadwell v. PrayMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
  4. City Bank & Trust Co. v. HurdMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Luce v. Stott Realty Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1918

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