Furrh v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

This case is before the Supreme Court upon the following certificate from the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals of the Sixth District:

"In November, 1920, John W. Furrh, the plaintiff in the above entitled suit, who resided in Marshall, sold and delivered 1,000 bales of cotton to Dorrance Company, buyers, in business in Houston. At the times he shipped the cotton Furrh drew drafts (which were paid) on Dorrance Company for sums representing the then market value of the cotton. It appeared, however, that that value was not absolutely, but only conditionally, the price Furrh was to receive for the…