Southern Insurance v. W. J. Hume & Co.

The allegations of the petition in this cause are, substantially, that the commercial firm of William J. Hume & Co being indebted to the plaintiff company in the sum of $394.01-100 did, on the 28th day of September, 1900, give to plaintiff an order on the Lawler, Fornaris Co., Ltd., which, for convenience, will be hereinafter referred to as the Lawler Company, for the.payment of said sum out of the first moneys belonging to Hume & Co. which might come into the hands of the Lawler Company; that the said order was duly presented to the latter company and was by it orally accepted and payment…