MURRAY v. LARDNER


69 U.S. 110 (1864)

2 Wall. 110

MURRAY v. LARDNER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Carlisle, for Murray, the plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.H. Bradley, contra.


Mr. Justice SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

The question presented by the instruction excepted to is not a new one, either in commercial jurisprudence or in this court.

The general rule of the common law is, that, except by a sale in market overt, no one can give a better title to personal property than he has himself. The exemption from this principle of securities...

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