In re Williams
District Court, S.D. Georgia
In Bankruptcy. Objections of W. A. Doody Company et al. to-proof of secured claim of B. T. Adams & Co. Petition to review finding of referee.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
From the record in this case it appears that B. T. Adams & Co. are cotton factors and commission merchants in the city of Macon, Ga. J. F. Williams, the bankrupt, is a country merchant who dealt directly with the farmers. He relied upon B. T. Adams & Co. to make him advances, based principally upon the cotton crop of the current year.
It appears from the finding of the referee, and from the evidence, that on the ist of January, 1901, the account between these parties was practically balanced. Their relations had continued for years, and Williams desired further advances…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Etheridge v. SperrySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Robinson v. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Huntley v. KingmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Hilton v. F. W. Sims & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1872
- In re JosephsonDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1902
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