Phœnix Refining Co. v. Kilgore Nat. Bank

GERMAN, Commissioner.

The following general statement of the nature and result of this suit is taken from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals:

“In December 1932, H. I. McGrew contracted with Phcenix Refining Company for the sale of ten cars of crude oil. Shortly thereafter, one Jim Brock applied to the agent of the International-Great Northern Railroad Company at Kilgore for a bill of lading for nine cars of crude oil to be shipped to Phoenix Refining Company at Dallas. Said agent at first refused to issue bill of lading because he did not know Brock, but later, on the latter’s being…