188 ARTICLE 2.

An. Code, sec. 9. 1904, sec. 9. 1888, sec. 9. 1825, ch. 182, sec. 6.

9. The owner of any such goods, wares or merchandise in the hands of
an agent or factor, unsold and not pledged, may demand and recover the
same from such agent or factor, or the trustee of such agent or factor
in the event of his insolvency, and in preference to all other creditors of
such agent or factor.

An. Code, sec. 10. 1904, sec. 10. 1888, sec. 10. 1825, ch. 182, sec. 6.

10. The said owner may also recover from any person or body corporate
the sum agreed to be paid for the purchase of such goods, wares or mer-
chandise, subject, however, to the same right of set-off on the part of such
person or body corporate, against such agent or factor as is hereinbefore
provided in cases where such agent or factor shall have become insolvent;
and may demand and recover from such person or body corporate such
goods, wares or merchandise so deposited or pledged, on re-payment of the
money or restoration of the negotiable instrument so advanced, and on pay-
ment of such further sum of money, or restoration of such other negotiable
instrument (if any), as may have been advanced or given by such agent or
factor to such owner or on payment of a sum of money equal to the amount
of the same, or may recover from such person or body corporate any balance
or sum of money remaining in his or its hands as the produce of the sale of
such goods, wares or merchandise, after deducting thereout the amount
of the money or negotiable instrument so advanced.

An. Code, sec. 11. 1904, sec. 11. 1888, sec. 11. 1825, ch. 182, sec. 6.

11. In case of the insolvency of any agent or factor, the owner of the
goods, wares or merchandise so pledged and redeemed as provided in the
preceding section shall be held to have discharged pro tanto the debt due
by him to the estate of such insolvent.

An. Code, sec. 12. 1904, sec. 12. 1888, sec. 12. 1849, ch. 293, sec. 1.

12. No consignment of agricultural productions whatever by the
grower or producer or other owner to any commission merchant, factor,
agent or other bailee or consignee, for the purpose of sale for the use and
benefit of such grower, producer or other owner, shall be deemed or taken
to vest in such commission merchant, agent, factor or other bailee or
consignee, any other title or right to such articles consigned, than the
special right or title to sell and deliver the same to a fair and bona fide
purchaser for a valuable consideration.

An. Code, sec. 13. 1904, sec. 13. 1888, sec. 13. 1849, ch. 293, sec. 1.

13. Every mortgage, pledge, deposit or other disposal by said commis-
sion merchant, factor, agent, bailee or consignee, of such agricultural pro-
ductions thus consigned for sale alone, unless with the consent of the
grower, producer or other owner, expressly given, shall be null and void;
and no title to said articles, or any of them, shall pass to the person receiv-
ing the same, but the title thereto shall remain in the grower, producer or
other consignor thereof, as if no such mortgage, pledge, deposit or other
disposal had been made.