W. J. Stevens Co. v. Novice State Bank

Appellants sued appellee bank, alleging, that they purchased certain cotton from it, which was delivered and paid for on shipper’s order bills of lading with drafts attached, but under an agreement that final settlement would be made upon the outturns of the cotton at Coleman as to grades and weights, using middling as a basis; and that a reclassification and a reweighing of the cotton showed appellee owed them $1,833.23 by virtue of the agreement. Appellee answered that it did not own or sell the cotton or make any agreement in reference to it; and, further, that, if it should be held it did…