Crocker v. Irons
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. cited : Warner et al. v. Martin, 11 How; 1 Pars. on Con., 5th ed., 94-96 ; Beach v. Forsyth, 14 Barb. 499 ; Benny v. Rhodes, 18 Mo. 191. cited: Pars, on Con. 78; Dunn v. Wright, 51 Barb. 250; Paley on Ag. 825 ; 2 Kent’s Com. 632 ; Storey on Sales, sec. 93 ; Kingsley v. Davis, 104 Mass. 178; Conklin v. Leeds, 58 111. 178; Kack v. Willie, 63 111. 144; Benning v. Rhodes, 18 Mo. 147 ; Dallum v. Renshaw, 26 Mo. 535 ; Caldwell v. Stephens, 57 Mo.…
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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. cited : Warner et al. v. Martin, 11 How; 1 Pars. on Con., 5th ed., 94-96 ; Beach v. Forsyth, 14 Barb. 499 ; Benny v. Rhodes, 18 Mo. 191. cited: Pars, on Con. 78; Dunn v. Wright, 51 Barb. 250; Paley on Ag. 825 ; 2 Kent’s Com. 632 ; Storey on Sales, sec. 93 ; Kingsley v. Davis, 104 Mass. 178; Conklin v. Leeds, 58 111. 178; Kack v. Willie, 63 111. 144; Benning v. Rhodes, 18 Mo. 147 ; Dallum v. Renshaw, 26 Mo. 535 ; Caldwell v. Stephens, 57 Mo. 589 ; Haley v. Merriam, 7 Cush. 242; Chitty on Con. 225 ; Gardner v. Allen’s Admrs., 6 Ala. 189 ; Baxter v. Duren, 29…
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
It appears from the pleadings and evidence in this case that J. L. & R. F. McCormack were commission merchants in St. Louis, dealing exclusively in live stock. The character of their business was well known to the trade, and was that usual to the trade ; they sold cattle on commission, and also on their own account.
On June 23, 1875, they owed to defendants, Irons, Cassidy & Co., who were also, live-stock commission merchants in St. Louis, about $2,000 on account of a recent trade, and at that date the McCormacks received from Marsh & Overhulz, at Chetopa, Kansas (whose assignee in bankruptcy…
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