Union Cotton Oil Co. v. Patterson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Panola county. Hon. E. D. Dinkins, Judge. Suit by the Union Cotton Oil Company against A. M. Patterson. Judgment on peremptory instruction for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Panola county. Hon. E. D. Dinkins, Judge. Suit by the Union Cotton Oil Company against A. M. Patterson. Judgment on peremptory instruction for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. I respectfully submit that there are two questions involved in this case, the correct answer to either one of which, is sufficient to reverse the holding of the trial court, viz: First, was appellant doing business in Mississippi within the purview of our statute? Second, if it can be said that the act of appellant in contracting…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
A. M. Patterson & Co. and the Union Cotton Oil Company, a corporation under the laws of Alabama and domiciled at Birmingham, Alabama, entered into a contract on the 5th day of October, 1916, in the following words:
“Union Cotton Oil Company, Birmingham, Alabama. Bill of Sale. Como, Mississippi, 10/5/1916. We hereby sell to Union Cotton Oil Company fifty tons of sound dry cotton seed, to be shipped on or before October 25th, 1916, at price of forty-nine dollars per ton f. o. b. cars at Como, Mississippi, mill weights to govern in settlement. A. M. Patterson & Co., by A. M. Patterson.
“Accepted:…
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