Shingleur & Co. v. Swift

Sbingleur & Company brought suit against Swift, Jenkins, the Georgia Warehouse, Storage & Commission Company (hereinafter referred to as the warehouse company), and the Fourth National Bank of Columbus, Georgia (hereinafter called the bank). The petition alleged that Swift had been employed by the plaintiffs to purchase and ship cotton for them, and to draw drafts in their name upon the consignees for the price which they had agreed to pay for the cotton. The petition sought to set forth a cause of action against Swift for a failure to account to plaintiffs for the difference which he as…