Court Of King's Bench, We...
1i mS was an action wvlereby the plaintiff's sought to recover the value of goods, amounting to 2,6111. i5s. 6d., the property of the plaintiff, bat on which the defendants nmade advanced at the request of a person Caumont, an agent of the plaintiffis in Londen. On be. half of' the defendant named it vas contended that the circamstances, which were complicated and uninteresting, took the case out of the general rute that a factor cannot bind the goods of his principal by a pledge. The COURr, in giving judgment, adverted to the recent com- plaiits made against the ruleof law on which the question depended. All the three Judges present (M;lr. Justice IATTLEDAr.I. having retired) expressed a decided opinion in favour ofthe policy ofthe law as tt at present stood. They deemed it of high importaRce tothe com- merce of England, that foreign merchants consigning goods to this country should feel the security which the rule now afforded them against the micconduct of their factors. At present the rule was clear ; and as the present case came fully within it, there must be judgment for the plaintiff's. The COURT rose again at two o'clock in consequence of the ab- sence of counsel; but threw out a strong intimation that, unless somnc cogent excuse were rendered on future days, thev would give judgment at once on the cass8 st.antling for argument before them. COURT OF KING'S rNCF-?. VrrTpvT. Nnv. 1. QUIROZ V. TRUEMTAV.