Lancaster v. McKinley
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Miami Circuit Court; R. J. Loveland, Special Judge. Action by Franklin P. McKinley against William C. Lancaster and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHenley, J.
The only question in this case is as to the sufficiency of the complaint. It is alleged in the complaint that the L. A. Kinsey Company, a corporation, and one William Lancaster owned and operated at the town, of Converse, Indiana, what is commonly known and called a “bucket-shop,” being a place where wheat, corn, and pork, and other provisions and grain were bought and sold on margins; that said appellants permitted persons to buy and sell such wheat, corn, and provisions upon options, the profits or losses to be determined at the settling time by the rise or fall of the prices of such…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sondheim v. GilbertIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Boyce v. O'Dell Commission Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1901
3Cited by1 opinion
- Sawers Grain Co. v. Teagarden, Rec.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1925