Legal Opinion
Manget Brothers, Inc. v. The Bank of Greenwood, Greenwood, Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1967No. 22769_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
These three diversity suits concern certain courses of dealing and usages of trade within the cotton business. The consolidation of the suits has brought about a three-way battle in which each of three parties 1 interprets these dealings and usages as falling easily and squarely within his choice of common legal rubrics. Nothing, however, is that simple.
The suits were brought by Manget Brothers, Inc. (Manget) and Anderson-Clayton and Company (Anderson), two cotton companies, and by H. A. Phillips, the Trustee in Bankruptcy for Collins Hill, Jr. and Mrs. Eleanor Hill,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Orvis v. HigginsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Galena Oaks Corporation v. Frank Scofield, Collector of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Brabham v. BrabhamMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
- First Jackson Securities Corp. v. B. F. Goodrich Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1965
- C. A. Daniel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Washington Aluminum Company, Inc. And Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company v. Pittman Construction Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Frank Weathersby, D/B/A Weathersby Cotton Co. v. Y. B. GoreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Garner v. PearsonDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1982
- H. Glen Leason v. John D. RosartCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987