Brower
General Electric Co. v. Brower
Opinion
lead Opinion
Gilbert, J.
(after stating the facts as above). It is the contention of the appellee that where goods are delivered by a manufacturer to a seller, and the latter is allowed to place them with his stock of goods, and sell and dispose of them in the ordinary course of business, to manage and control them as other goods, and where he pays all the taxes, cartage, storehouse charges, and all other expenses in connection therewith, and agrees to pay for such goods so disposed of, and there is neither an agreement to return the goods nor an agreement to account for the proceeds of the sale of goods as such, there is no bailment. To sustain that contention, the case particularly relied upon is In re Penny & Anderson (D. C.) 176 Fed. 141 . That was a case in which the claimants had delivered to the bankrupts, who were conducting a restaurant, a stock of wines and liquors under an agreement called a “memorandum of consignment,” which contained an invoice of the liquors and the prices' thereof, and provided that they should be considered as delivered on consignment, and should remain the property of the claimants until the full in *601 debtedness of the bankrupts should be paid. There was no restriction…