Gaines & Sea v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hannah

Affirming in part and reversing in part.

Graines & Sea instituted this action in the Anderson Circuit Court against the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, to recover damages for the alleged breach of a contract claimed to have been made with them by T. W. Blackwell, acting for the defendant tobacco company, whereby the latter agreed to purchase from the plaintiffs, (1) a certain lot of leaf tobacco owned by the plaintiffs, and graded and bulked in the warehouse at Lawrenceburg; together with (2) another certain lot of tobacco which the plaintiffs had that day…