Toombs v. Lewis

This was a suit brought April 18, 1932, by appellee, hereinafter called the plaintiff, against appellant, hereinafter called the defendant, in the circuit court of Lawrence county.

The first count of the declaration alleged that on February 21, A. D. 1932, the defendant ordered the plaintiff to sell 75. units of $8 interest bearing allotment certificates of the Associated Gas & Electric Company at a price of $38 per unit or better; that the plaintiff found a purchaser for the $8 certificates at $38 per unit; that the plaintiff advanced the purchase price of $2,850 and instructed the defendant…