Springs v. James
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, David W. James, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of-January, 1909, upon the report of a referee to hear and determine.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The plaintiffs are members of the New York Cotton Exchange. The defendant resides in Blakely, Ga., and owns 9,000 acres of land in Georgia and 240 in Alabama, upon which he raises cotton, 1,000 to 1,500 bales a year; owns a cotton warehouse which handles from 6,000 "to 8,000 bales a year; is engaged in the mercantile business; in the oil fertilizing business; is the president of three banks and is a director of two others. He has been engaged for twenty to twenty-five years in the cotton business, and, upon his own testimony, has bought and sold cotton upon the New York Cotton…
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