Askew v. Nicholson
Askew v. Nicholson
Opinion of the Court
The evidence in this record shows that the cotton in controversy was raised upon the land of Walker by the labor of Askew. Askew carried it to market and stored it in his own name, taking the receipts therefor also in his own name. Walker proposed to sell it, but Askew not being satisfied with the price of cotton on that day, requested that the sale be postponed for a few days; to which Walker agreed. Askew turned over to Walker the receipts for the cotton, and by mutual consent they were placed in the hands of one Cosby, a clerk of the defendants in error, to hold until a settlement could be had between Walker and Askew. Walker subsequently obtained the receipts from Cosby, the clerk, and sold the cotton to Nicholson, one of the defendants in error. Askew sued out a possessory warrant for the cotton. On the hearing of the case in the superior court upon a certiorari, the trial judge dismissed the same upon the ground that a possessory warrant would not lie, under the facts of the case. Askew excepted and assigned error thereon.
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