McBride v. Ponder

POPE, Justice.

Appellee, J. W. Ponder, instituted suit and recovered judgment on a jury verdict against D. F. McBride, a commission merchant. Ponder alleged that he loaned $8,000 to Wofford Vegetable Company, which several days later gave him án assignment of the net proceeds from-ten certain cars of tomatoes shipped on consignment through McBride, the commission merchant. McBride had notice of the Wof-ford Vegetable Company’s assignment to Ponder, as evidenced by a letter he wrote Ponder wherein he agreed to honor the assignment by paying Ponder the net pro-, ceeds from those ten outstanding…