Davis Carruth v. Valley Mercantile, Etc., Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BICKLEY, J.

This suit was brought by plaintiffs (appellants) against Frank Boyer, the Valley Mercantile & Banking Company (hereinafter called company), and Ruth Livesay, to recover damages for breach of contract.

Plaintiffs alleged, among other things, that Boyer was indebted to said company, and in order to protect it against loss through possible decline of the market, defendant Livesay, as its agent, procured plaintiffs to enter into a contract to buy 20 bales of Boyer’s cotton, which 20 bales of cotton plaintiffs themselves sold and| bound themselves to deliver to the…