Andrews v. George M. Shutt & Co.

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action by the appellee, a partnership, against the appellant as executrix under the will of D. R. Andrews, deceased, to recover the alleged amount of a balance claimed to be due to appellee for losses incurred, for United States revenue taxes paid, and for commissions under contracts entered into on the New York Cotton Exchange by the appellee, pursuant to instructions or orders of D. R. Andrews, for the purchase or sale of cotton for future delivery. The appellant set up as a defense that all the transactions out of which the claim asserted arose were…