Hollis v. Adams Gin Co.

Opinion by

RAT, C.

George E. Hollis, public weigher, brought this suit to enjoin the Adams Gin Company and certain other gin companies operating in Harmon county, from weighing cotton bought and sold by them. A general demurrer being sustained to his petition, he elected to stand upon his petition and appealed.

Paragraph 3 of the petition is as follows:

“That for sometime past, several years, and at the present time, the said defendants, in addition to ginning11 for the public, have engaged in the buying and selling of cotton; and have failed, neglected and refused to weigh the same or to have…