Finley v. Pierce

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

J. L. Finley sued L. C. Pierce and J. W. Dorsey DeGood, partners, doing business under the name of the St. Francis Milling Company, to recover $128.14, the value of three loads of corn which Finley had purchased from John H. Johnson, and which had been delivered to the milling company for him. Verdict and judgment were given in favor of plaintiff and defendants appeal.

The testimony on which the verdict was based tends to show that Johnson had a quantity of corn for sale estimated to be from 1,200 to 1,400 bushels; that he sold it to…