Legal Opinion
Strong v. Stewart
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1872PublishedCited by 3 opinions
PROM SHELBY. Appeal in error from tbe judgment of tbe Circuit Court, January Term, 1868. Geo. W. Reeves, J.
1Opinion of the CourtSneed, J.
Tbe plaintiffs were commission merchants and cotton factors in the city of Memphis in 1865, and brought this action to recover of defendant an account of certain monies advanced to him, and for charges upon three bales of cotton consigned to them by defendant on the 31st January of that year, which were sold in the city of New York on the 3rd of May thereafter for a less sum than the amount originally advanced by the plaintiffs. The action was brought to recover the difference between the sum advanced by the plaintiffs and that for which the cotton was actually sold.
The plaintiffs had a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Foster v. PrestonNew York Supreme Court · 1828
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- Lewis v. Dixie-Portland Flour Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Mrs. Mary D. Lewis v. Dixie-Portland Flour Mills, Inc., James Nesbitt and Henry McRoberts and Third Party v. E. J. Diefenbach, D/B/A Dee Oil Company and E. Elwood Lewis, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966