Cox Hat Co. v. Adams
Cox Hat Co. v. Adams
Opinion of the Court
The evidence adduced by the plaintiff shows that the Garnishee purchased from the defendant 700 dozen eggs at 20 cents per dozen; and after the eggs were delivered, and before the price thereof was paid, he was garnished, and thereafter the appellee claimed the debt.
The contention of the appellee is that the defendant, in making the sale, was the agent of the appellee; but his own evidence shows that the price the appellee (claimant) was to receive from the defendant for the eggs was agreed upon at 19*/2 cents per dozen, and that when the eggs were delivered to the defendant he gave his check to the claimant for the purchase price, on Hooper’s Bank; and the evidence tends to show that the eggs were sold to the garnishee by Adams, the judgment defendant, as though they were his property; and it further shows that he expressed some apprehension that the eggs might be attached before the delivery to the garnishee could be completed.
For the error in giving the affirmative charge for the claimant, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
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