Vanderbilt v. Planters' Oil Mill & Gin Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant in an action at law rendered pursuant to a directed verdict. The suit was begun by the Southern Cotton Oil Company which afterwards went into the hands of receivers who were then substituted for the Southern Cotton Oil Company as plaintiffs in the case. The facts disclosed by the evidence necessary for an understanding of the questions decided on this appeal, are, in substance, as follows:

The Southern Cotton Oil Company is domiciled and is engaged in the cotton oil business in the state of Louisiana, and the Planters ’ Oil Mill & Gin Company…