Merchants' Cotton Oil Co. v. Acme Gin Co.

The appellant filed its suit in the district court of Nolan'county, against the Acme Gin Company, a partnership, alleging: That on the 9th day of October, 1923, appellant, through Martin & Price, brokers of Dallas, Tex., made a contract with appellees for the purchase of 650 tons of prime cotton seed, at the price of $42.75 per ton f. o. b. cars at Roscoe, Tex., delivery during the month of October, 1923. That appellees failed and refused to comply with the contract. That the market price of such seed at Roscoe, Tex., on the 31st day of October, 1923, and for several days prior and subsequent…