St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas v. York

Appellees’ case rested on the following facts, duly pleaded by them:

On or about the 1st day of November, 1920, they were the owners of 10 bales of cotton at Trinidad, Henderson county, Tex. On that day they sold this cotton to a cotton buyer at Athens, Tex., conditional on delivering the cotton to him at Athens within 48 hours. Immediately after making this sale, they delivered the cotton to appellant’s agent at Trinidad, informing the agent of the conditions of their sale, ¿nd the necessity for immediate delivery of the cotton, and with knowledge of these facts appellant accepted the cotton…