Moss & Co. v. Stokeley

Lumpkin, Justice.

This was an action by Stokeley against Moss & Company, for damages alleged to have been occasioned by *676the refusal of the defendants to pay a draft drawn upon them by the plaintiff. The material portions of the declaration were as follows : Moss & Company were cotton factors and warehousemen, having carried on business as such for a number of years. The plaintiff, as a merchant, had shipped a large quantity of cotton to the defendants, with instructions to sell the same and place the proceeds to his credit. During the fall of 1892, and prior to October 22d, he had drawn…