Knowlton v. Fourth-Atlantic National Bank

The original plaintiff, now deceased, in substance alleges in his bill that in September, 1915, he was the owner of upwards of four million gladioli bulbs of great value; that if they were properly grown and intelligently handled they should have sold at that time at a fair sale for more that $20,000; that under proper handling, growing and harvesting they should have multiplied so that at the time of the filing of the bill (October 31, 1921) if no part of the *188original stock had been sold, there should have been on hand at least seven million bulbs of all varieties.

The bill further states, in…