Bob's Candy & Pecan Co. v. McConnell

BREWSTER, Commissioner.

Petitioner, Bob’s Candy & Pecan Company, of Albany, Georgia, purchased through W. T. Mayne & Co., brokers, of Austin, Texas, a carload of pecans from respondents, J. P. McConnell & Sons, of San Saba, Texas. The pecans were loaded at San Saba on January 10, 1936. The next day the McConnells drew a draft for $1,800.36, the sales price of the pecans, and attached to it the weight certificate and a shipper’s order bill of lading. These they indorsed and delivered to the City National Bank of San Saba, which credited the McConnells with the amount of the draft and forwarded…