New York Court of Appeals May 26, 1874 (Western Transportation Co. v. Barber)

Grover, J.

The first inquiry is whether the plaintiff lost its lien for freight upon the oats by failing to deliver them to Hoyt & Co., pursuant to the bill of lading, and warehousing them with the defendant in its own name. This will, I think, depend upon the question whether Hoyt & Co.