J. M. Robinson, Norton & Co. v. Corsicana Cotton Factory
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 55 — ACTION BY. J. M. ROBINSON, NORTON & CO., AGAINST THE CORSICANA COTTON FACTORY AND OTHERS. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; Chancery Branch (Second Division). Samuel B. Kirby, Judge. From the judgment plaintiff appeals. POINT AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Appellee pleads that there was no agency existing between it and English-Greene Company; that it sold the goods direct to English-Greene Company.
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CASE 55 — ACTION BY. J. M. ROBINSON, NORTON & CO., AGAINST THE CORSICANA COTTON FACTORY AND OTHERS. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; Chancery Branch (Second Division). Samuel B. Kirby, Judge. From the judgment plaintiff appeals. POINT AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Appellee pleads that there was no agency existing between it and English-Greene Company; that it sold the goods direct to English-Greene Company. Therefore if any agency is proven, it must be the agency of a factor as under the agency of a broker no attempt at a sale between principal and agent could occur. 2. On 'all letter heads and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Barker—
Affirming.
All of the parties to this litigation are corporations. The appellant, J. M. Robinson, Norton & Co., is a. wholesale dry goods dealer in Louisville, Ky. The appellee operates a cotton mill in Corsicana, Tes. *439The English-Greene Company was a merchant broker residing in New York. This latter company sought to purchase certain cotton goods from the appellee, and to re-sell the same at an advanced price to the appellant. Appellee had no confidence in the English-Greene Company, and undertook to escape the hazards of the credit system by selling for…
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