Cohn v. Brinson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Lincoln county. Hon. Luther E. Grice, Special Chancellor. Bill in equity by Mrs. Allie V. Brinson against Louis Cohn and L. H. Baggett, assignees, and the Commercial Bank and Trust Company. Decree for the complainant in part, and defendants prosecute a direct appeal, while complainant prosecutes a cross-appeal. Appellee was complainant in the court below, and appellants defendants. The opinion states, the facts.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Lincoln county. Hon. Luther E. Grice, Special Chancellor. Bill in equity by Mrs. Allie V. Brinson against Louis Cohn and L. H. Baggett, assignees, and the Commercial Bank and Trust Company. Decree for the complainant in part, and defendants prosecute a direct appeal, while complainant prosecutes a cross-appeal. Appellee was complainant in the court below, and appellants defendants. The opinion states, the facts. The laws quoted in the opinion contain the following provisions. Sections 2301, 2302, and 2303, Code of 1906, are as follows: 2301. Any sale,…
1Opinion of the CourtSteveNS, J.
The testimony in this case establishes beyond doubt that T. H. Brinson, the husband of appellee, was a regular customer of the Commercial Bank & Trust Company, with whom Brinson carried an account, and from whom he borrowed sums of money from time to time. The hank was doing a regular banking business, and was in no sense operating a bucket shop, contrary to any of the provisions of chapter 118 of the Laws of 1908. The bank did not represent any cotton brokers of New Orleans with whom Mr. Brinson did business; it did not receive the market quotations and take orders for future contracts; it…
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