28 Ind. 136 | Ind. | 1867
— Shireman sued Jordan and Spotts, ware-housemen at Bidianapolis, for the wrongful conversion of 665 bushels of white wheat, stored by the plaintiff with defendants. The defense was, that in July, 1865, the defendants sold the wheat, without notice to the plaintiff, to prevent its destruction by weevil. The court found specially as follows: “ That the plaintiff deposited with the defend
The defendants moved for a new trial on the ground, among others, that the finding was not sustained by the evidence.
It is urged in this court -that the evidence, which is made a part of the record, does not sustain the finding. The wheat was stored with the defendants as warehouse-men, and not as commission merchants to sell. As ware-housemen, the defendants could only sell, if at all, without notice to the plaintiff, .where the danger- of damage or destruction was imminent. The plaintiff resided in an adjoining county; he had visited the warehouse of the defendants in June, and they had abundant opportunity of knowing his postofiice address. The wheat was placed in a bin up stairs, and although there is proof that weevil were in the warehouse, and that white wheat was most liable to attack from them, there is no proof that weevil were in this particular lot. JRusch, a warehouseman at Indianapolis, swears that “weevil that season got into a bin of wheat in
The judgment is affirmed, with costs.