Gaylor v. Dyer

| U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia | Mar 15, 1838

Upon the trial, the Court

(Cranch, C. J.,

giving no opinion,) instructed the jury, at the motion of Mr. Goxe, for the plaintiffs, that the said instrument of writing, is evidence of a conditional sale; and that the chest therein mentioned was, under said agreement, the property of plaintiffs until the payment of the notes given by said Myers; and unless the jury shall believe, from the evidence, that said notes are paid, the plaintiffs are entitled to recover.”

Verdict for plaintiffs.