Legal Opinion
Baucum & Kimball v. Garrett Mercantile Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 1, 1937No. 5391PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DREW, Judge.
Baucum & Kimball is an ordinary partnership, composed of W. P. Baucum and C. A. Kimball. It is engaged in the brokerage business in the town of Haynesville, Clai- • borne parish, La., and has wire facilities for dealing in future transactions on the New Orleans and New York Cotton Future Market. Its business consisted principally, of buying and selling cotton on the future market for itself and its clients and buying cotton “on call,” as it termed it. The sale of cotton “on call,” as explained by the petition of Baucum & Kimball, is as follows : “The future delivery price of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Seeligson v. Lewis & WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Brua's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- Burney v. BlanksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
- First National Bank v. CarrollSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Wolfe v. AndrewsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
3Cited by3 opinions
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