Hubbard, Price & Co. v. Sayre
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. Thomas M. Arrington. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Ella A. Sayre, to have cancelled and set aside a deed of conveyanee of her land, executed by herself and her husband, Calvin Sayre, to .Hubbard, Price & Co., on the ground that the consideration of the deed was a gambling debt contracted by her husband, Calvin Sayre.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. Thomas M. Arrington. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Ella A. Sayre, to have cancelled and set aside a deed of conveyanee of her land, executed by herself and her husband, Calvin Sayre, to .Hubbard, Price & Co., on the ground that the consideration of the deed was a gambling debt contracted by her husband, Calvin Sayre. Hubbard, Price & Co. and Calvin Sayre were made parties to the bill. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. On the final submission of the cause, on the pleadings…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
Hubbard, Price & Co., the defendants to this bill and appellants here, are cotton brokers in New York city, engaged in buying and selling for commissions cotton in the New York Exchange, for customers, for future delivery, and on the spot. Calvin Sayre, the husband of appellee, in 1887, resided in Montgomery, Ala. John S. Ernest was the southern agent and representative of Hubbard, Price & Co. In 1887, Ernest entered into arrangements with Sayre for the carrying on by his principals, in New York, of cotton speculations for Sayre, consisting of buying and selling cotton futures. The operations…
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