Pickering v. Cease

This controversy arises out of grain transactions between the parties, about which there does not seem to be any serious misunderstanding, except as to two “optional deals” in corn, one for 10,000 bushels, for delivery in August, and another for a like amount, for delivery in September. An amount was admitted to be due on former transactions, for which the court rendered judgment in favor of plaintiffs and against defendant Cease, who was .the only defendant served with process. Plaintiffs claimed that a larger sum was due on the previous transactions, but the amount was not considerable, and…