Ragan v. Chicago Packing & Provision Co.

The Chicago Packing and Provision Company sued out process of bail and trover against Ragan for certain carloads of meat which it had shipped to him.' It appears that Ragan was not to have possession of the meat, until a draft drawn by the plaintiff'on the defendant, payable to the order of Hobbs & Tucker, had been paid. By an arrangement with Hobbs & Tucker, Ragan got the meat without paying the draft. Ragan was a merchant, and in the course of his business disposed of some of the meat, and was disposing of the rest of it when a petition in equity was filed against him and a receiver was…