Pilcher v. Enterprise Manufacturing Co.

Broyles, O. J.

1. Where an action in trover was brought by the grower of certain cotton to recover the cotton or the value thereof from one who without notice and in good faith had purchased the cotton at the market price from a cotton factor of good standing who at the time of the sale was in possession of the cotton, and where upon the trial the undisputed evidence disclosed the foregoing facts and also that, under the universal custom in. the cotton trade, a cotton factor was recognized and dealt with as having the authority to sell all cotton in his possession and to pass a valid title…