Legal Opinion

Henderson v. McFadden

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 17, 1901No. 1,096PublishedCited by 5 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama.

1Opinion of the Court

McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.

The defendants in error brought this action against the plaintiffs in error in the circuit court for the Middle district of Alabama, claiming and seeking to recover of the plaintiffs in error $5,000 damages for an alleged breach of contract to sell and deliver to the defendants in error 1,500 bales of cotton bought of them at Enterprise, Ala., at the price of 6⅝ cents, free on board, round, nothing below low middling, and subject to reweight. The fifth count, added as an amendment to the complaint, after stating the contract and the alleged breach, avers that after…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Taylor v. LongworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
  2. Brown v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Bell v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Cortner v. Anderson, Clayton & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  2. Green Duck Co. v. Patterson & HoffmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  3. Lukens Iron & Steel Co. v. Hartmann-Greiling Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Continental Grain Co. v. Simpson Feed Co.District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1951
  5. Swedenburg v. CopelandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955

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