Barrow v. Milliken
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.
The controversy in this case is about certain bounty checks issued by the government of the United States to Cornelius J. Barrow, a sugar planter and licensed sugar producer in the parish of West Baton Rouge, under the act of October 1, 1890. These checks were forwarded from Washington to C. J. Barrow, at New Orleans, to the care of Richard Milli-ken. Milliken was Barrow’s factor and commission merchant, who for some years past had been making advances to Barrow to cultivate his plantation. In March, 1892, Barrow executed a mortgage and pledge of his crop to Milliken,…
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