Wootters v. Kaufman & Runge
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before Hon. W. H. Stewart. This appeal presents another phase in the litigation following the failure of Dublé & Wootters in the city of Galveston. The subject has been before this court in 54 Texas and in 67 Texas, cases referred to in the opinion. Ho statement is necessary.
1Opinion of the Court
Hobby, Judge.—
The plaintiff J. C. Wootters, a customer in the interior of the State, shipped to Duble & Wootters, cotton factors in the city of Galveston, about 135 bales of cotton, with instructions that the same should be sold for his benefit in the market of the city of Galveston, and was not to be shipped abroad for sale. In consideration of advances made to these factors by the defendants Kaufman & Runge, shipping merchants in said city and agents of Melley, Forget & Co., they delivered said cotton to the defendants, who shipped the same to M., F. & Co., a Liverpool firm, receiving the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wootters v. KauffmanTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Kauffman v. BeasleyTexas Supreme Court · 1881
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. GrantCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1894
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1894