Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Shreveport Cotton Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. Action by the Southern Cotton Oil Company against the Shreveport Cotton Oil Company. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Battle & Co., brokers at Memphis, Tenn., sold to the plaintiffs, the Southern Oil Company, of Memphis, Tenn., 10 tanks of cotton seed oil for account of the defendants, the Shreveport Cotton Oil Companjq who are manufacturers of cotton seed 011 at Shreveport, La. Plaintiffs understood they were buying the grade of oil known as “crude,” or “prime crude,” which is a standard grade of oil; and defendants contend that Battle & Co. had no authoritjr from them to sell that grade of oil, but only “season’s prime,” and that in consequence there was no contract. “Season’s prime” is not a…
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