Wootters v. Kauffman
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from. Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Win. H. Stewart. Suit by John 0. Wootters and William Hayes, composing the firm of J. O. Wootters & Co., against Henry W. Dublé and John H. Wootters, factors and commission merchants, composing the firm of Dublé & Wootters, and also against Julius Kauffman, brought in 1874, to recover one hundred and thirty-four bales of cotton or its value.
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Appeal from. Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Win. H. Stewart. Suit by John 0. Wootters and William Hayes, composing the firm of J. O. Wootters & Co., against Henry W. Dublé and John H. Wootters, factors and commission merchants, composing the firm of Dublé & Wootters, and also against Julius Kauffman, brought in 1874, to recover one hundred and thirty-four bales of cotton or its value. It was alleged and shown that the cotton was planed by plaintiffs in the hands of Dublé & Wootters as factors, for sale, and was without authority from the plaintiffs turned over to Kauffman, doing…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
J. C. Wootters & Co. brought this action to recover of Dublé & Wootters and Julius Kauffman the value of certain cotton alleged to have been consigned to Dublé & Wootters, as cotton factors in the city of Galveston, for sale, and to have been delivered to Kauffman for shipment to Liverpool and sale in that market. Plaintiffs claim that the delivery of the cotton to Kauffman was without their authority, and was therefore illegal, and seek to hold the defendants responsible for the alleged conversion.
The verdict and judgment was in their favor against J. H. Wootters,…
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