Graham v. Williams

The plaintiffs sue the defendant, claiming that they are the legal owners of thirty-five hales of cotton left with him as depositary by Willis Holmes for Victor F. Wilson. They allege that they acquired the title to said cotton by virtue of an assignment made in the State of Mississippi to them for the benefit of certain parties living in Great Britain.

They allege that the cotton weighed eighteen thousand seven hundred and thirty-six pounds, and was worth ten thousand five hundred dollars at the time they demanded the cotton from said Thompson Williams, and that said Williams has converted…