Furman Farm Improvement Co. v. Long
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action on Note given for Commercial Fertilizer. Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Marshall. This was an action brought by the appellant, the Fur-man Farm Improvement Company against the appellee, Thos. H. Long, and counted upon a note under seal, which was executed by the defendant to the plaintiff, for the purchase price of commercial fertilizer, which was sold by the plaintiff to the defendant.
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Action on Note given for Commercial Fertilizer. Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Marshall. This was an action brought by the appellant, the Fur-man Farm Improvement Company against the appellee, Thos. H. Long, and counted upon a note under seal, which was executed by the defendant to the plaintiff, for the purchase price of commercial fertilizer, which was sold by the plaintiff to the defendant. The sale of the fertilizer was made by Riggsby & Williamson, who 'were the agents of Jasper Smith, and Jasper Smith was the agent of Adair Bros. & Co., while Adair Bros. & Co. were the agents of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The statute, (Code of 1886, §§ 139-45), requires that any person, or firm, or corporation, or association of persons, selling or exchanging, dr dealing in commercial fertilizers must obtain a license from the commissioner of agriculture, and declares all sales or exchanges made without such license are void. So far as any definition is now material, the license may be defined as the permission and authority of the State to engage in and carry on the particular business to which it refers — the selling, exchanging, or dealing in *206commercial fertilizer. There is not in it, as there is not in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Smith v. SpeedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1874
- Steiner & Sons v. RaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Long v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Brown & Co. v. Adair & McCarty Bros.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Merriman & Co. v. KnoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bowdoin v. Alabama Chemical Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1918