Alexander v. Heidenheimer

Plaintiffs in error instituted this suit to recover of defendants in error the purchase price of two cars of oranges— which the latter had refused upon inspection at destination, for the reason that same were in a damaged condition — and for protest fees incurred as the result of defendants in error’s refusal to pay the drafts drawn for the purchase price of same.

Defendants in error predicated their refusal to accept the shipments, and pay the drafts, upon an alleged Custom at Austin, Tex., and throughout the state of Texas and the United States, existing at, and prior to, the making of tne…