Carlton v. Adams

On June 29, 1928, J. W. Carlton, who then resided in Young county, Tex., made a shipment of 18,500 pounds of wool from Graham, Tex., to Boston, Mass., for sale. As the result of prior negotiations between the parties, ■the shipment was consigned to Adams & Leland, a partnership firm composed of Samuel G. Adams, Edmund E. Leland, Harry P, Bradford, and Harold M. Cummings, who were engaged in the business of wool commission merchants, selling consignments of wool as agents for shippers on the Boston market for a commission to be paid them by the shipper for their services. The bill of lading…