Tennison v. Hanson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court; Geo. B. Haynie, Judge; STATEMENT OP PACTS. Scott Bros., a partnership, were cotton factors engaged in business at Paris, Texas.
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Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court; Geo. B. Haynie, Judge; STATEMENT OP PACTS. Scott Bros., a partnership, were cotton factors engaged in business at Paris, Texas. J. D. Hanson, a merchant at Buckner, Arkansas, entered into two written contracts with Scott Bros., dated, respectively, August 4 and August 16, 1916. By the first contract he agreed to sell the above firm 200 bales of lint cotton, grade middling, to be delivered at .stations between the towns of Buchner and Stevens, Arkansas, at a price of 13 cents per pound to be paid on delivery during the month of September. The second…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
(after stating the facts). The testimony of the appellee tends to show that up to the 25th of September, 1916, he thought that the firm of Scott Bros, was solvent. Two days before this he wrote to the firm of Scott Bros, a letter from which the jury might have found he had concluded at that time to abandon the performance of his contract on account of his inability to procure the cotton, and to pay the damages. This letter, taken in connection with the other testimony set forth in the statement, made it a question for the jury to determine as to whether or not the appellee had violated his…
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