Steere v. Stockyards National Bank

This cause is before the Supreme Court upon the following certificate from the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District:

The above entitled and numbered cause is now pending before us on motion for rehearing, and we deem it advisable to certify to your Honors for determination the questions arising therein, as hereinafter set forth.

Stating the case briefly and in its chronological order, Herbert Graves was engaged in the livestock commission business on the Fort Worth stockyards during the years 1915, 1916, 1917 and until October 5, 1918, when he failed. He did business under…