New York Court of Appeals

Theodore Sattler, as Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of the Firm of John A. Meierdiercks & Sons, Appellant, v…

October 3, 1899160 N.Y. 291

Summary

The Court affirmed the judgment for the defendants, holding that the contract between the farmers and Meierdiercks & Sons was a bailment, not a sale, so title to the produce remained with the farmers and the assignors could not recover for conversion.