Wilhite v. Houston
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Action by William R. Houston and another against Ola Wilhite. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
Wilhite complains of a judgment which Houston and Fible obtained against him on an account for disbursements and commissions on sales and purchases of grain. His defense, or rather the only one material here, was that the transactions out of which the account arose were gambling transactions; that is to say, that it was not intended the grain dealt in should be delivered or received, but that the ventures were mere wagers on the fluctuations of the market, to be settled according to the differences between contract and market prices. Most of the defendant’s assignments of…
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