Brown v. Meador & Griffin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Principal and agent. Futures. Yerdict. New trial. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Wellborn. Hall superior court. August term, 1888. This was a suit on the following account: “Meador. & Griffin, brokers for R. T. Brown, advanced to Weare Commission Co., of Chicago, 111., for said R. T. Brown: 250 bbls. June pork bought at $9.75 sold at.........$ 8 37| 250 “ August “ “ “ 9.25 “ “ ........ 8 60 5,000 bus. June wheat “ “ .82J “ “.......... 74£perbu.
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Principal and agent. Futures. Yerdict. New trial. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Wellborn. Hall superior court. August term, 1888. This was a suit on the following account: “Meador. & Griffin, brokers for R. T. Brown, advanced to Weare Commission Co., of Chicago, 111., for said R. T. Brown: 250 bbls. June pork bought at $9.75 sold at.........$ 8 37| 250 “ August “ “ “ 9.25 “ “ ........ 8 60 5,000 bus. June wheat “ “ .82J “ “.......... 74£perbu. Commission ¿ cent per bu. on wheat................ 12 50 “ 5 cent “ bbl. “ pork................. 25 50 Total loss and…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed.
Commission ¿ cent per bu. on wheat................ 12 50 “ 5 cent “ bbl. “ pork................. 25 50 Total loss and commission...........................$918 75 Less amount rec’d of E. T. Brown................ 69 00 $849 75.” Brown pleaded the general issue, and special pleas to the effect following : On the 29th.day of March, 1886, he instructed plaintiffs to purchase for him 5,000 bushels of May wheat for 81 cents or lower, and funished the required amount of money for the margins to meet exigencies of the market during the continuance of said contract, but plaintiffs…
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