Pannell v. Farmers Union Co-Op. Gin Ass'n

Ed Pannell and Chick-asha Cotton Oil Company, the co-owners and operators of two cotton gins at Sterling, Okla., appeal from an order of the Corporation Commission granting a license to the Farmers CoOperative Gin Association of Sterling, Okla., to maintain and operate a cotton gin for the purpose of ginning seed cotton at Sterling, Okla.

It appears from the record that the association is a nonprofit organization, organized at Sterling, for the purpose of operating a cotton gin on a mutual nonprofit co-operative basis, pursuant to the statutes of Oklahoma, with about 120 members. The reason…