Legal Opinion
Liberty Warehouse Co. v. Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-Operative Marketing Assn.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 20, 1928No. 18PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
The Liberty Warehouse Company, a Kentucky corporation, operates a warehouse at Maysville ip that State and there receives and sells loose-leaf tobacco for the accounts of growers. The Burley Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Marketing Association incorporated under The Bingham Co-operative Marketing Act (Ch. 1, Acts of Kentucky, 1922) commenced this proceeding against the Warehouse Company in the Mason County Circuit Court. It charged the Warehouse Company with willful violation of the Act by selling pledged tobacco, and asked judgment for the prescribed penalty ($500) and attorney’s fees.
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