Planters' Cotton Oil Co. v. Guaranty State Bank of Mertens
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hill County; Horton B. Porter, Judge. Action by the Planters’ Cotton Oil Company against the Guaranty State Bank of Mer-tens, wherein defendant filed a cross-bill. Judgment against plaintiff in the original action, and for defendant on its cross-bill, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
The appellant is a private corporation, organized under the laws of Texas to engage in the operation of an oil mill and cotton gins, with-its principal office at Frost, in Navarro county, Tex. In connection with its oil mill located at Frost the appellant owned and operated a cotton gin located at Mertens, Tex., only a few miles distance from Frost. This gin plant was commonly known as the “Planters’ Gin Company,” and was from some time in 1906 to March, 1914, under the management and control of an agent, Joe R, Read. From 1903 till about the first of the year 1913, G. L. White was the…
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