Alex Woldert Co. v. Citizens' Bank of Ft. Valley

The Alex Woldert Company is a private corporation domiciled at Tyler, Tex., and was, on the dates hereinafter mentioned, engaged in buying and selling fruit. In the summer of 1920 it sent an. agent, A. R. Willett, to Ft. Valley, Ga., for the purpose of buying peaches for shipment. Acting for the Alex Woldert Company, Willett, on July 9, 1920, entered into a written con-' tract with Duke Bros, for the purchase of 40 carloads of peaches at stated prices to be paid for when delivered and accepted f. o. b. the ears at Ft. Valley. It was stipulated that each party to the contract should deposit…