Roberts Cotton Oil Co. v. Dodds & Johnston
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Pulton Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice Miller
Affirming.
The appellees; Dodds & Johnston, cultivate a cotton plantation of about 2,000 acres in Hickman county, Kentucky. The Roberts Cotton Oil Company operates a *696cotton gin in that vicinity, and at other southern points.
Appellant contracted to gin appellees’ cotton crop for the year 1912 at sixty cents per hundred pounds; but after it had ginned a large part of appellees ’ cotton, it declined to complete its contract.
Appellee thereupon had the remainder of their cotton, amounting to about 30,000 pounds, ginned by other persons at a price higher…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Helm v. CoffeyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1882
- Newport News, Co. v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
- Henderson v. DupreeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1885
- Western Assurance Co. v. RectorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1887
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