Birge-Forbes Co. v. Heye
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas ; Gordon Russell, Judge. Action by Carl R. Heye against the Birge-Forbes Company. Thpre was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error,
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
Suit by Carl R. Heye, defendant in error, hereinafter called plaintiff, against the Birge-Forbes Company, plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was filed December 4, 1914. The petition alleged that plaintiff was a citizen of Germany, and the defendant a Texas corporation; that in 1901 defendant, who was engaged in business of buying, selling, and exporting cotton, made a contract with plaintiff, then a cotton broker in Bremen, whereby he became selling agent in that city for defendant; that this relation con tinned until May, 1911; that the contract provided…
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