93 Ga. 712 | Ga. | 1894
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 appointed to take charge of all of his assets, including the meat on hand. After this the bail pro
It was admitted by counsel for defendant in error, in his argument in this ease, that Ragan was in bad financial condition and could not return the property; but he