Ascher v. Edward Moyse & Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appear from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. Gr. Gr. Lyerr, Chancellor. Suit by Ascher & Baxter against Edward Moyse & Co. et al. From a decree dismissing the bill complainants appeal. ' .... The appellants filed a bill in chancery on January 15, 1910, against the appellees Edward Moyse & Co., cotton brokers in New York City, the State Bank & Trust Company, a banking institution domiciled at Jackson, Miss., and M. A. Lewis, an alleged debtor of said Moyse.
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Appear from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. Gr. Gr. Lyerr, Chancellor. Suit by Ascher & Baxter against Edward Moyse & Co. et al. From a decree dismissing the bill complainants appeal. ' .... The appellants filed a bill in chancery on January 15, 1910, against the appellees Edward Moyse & Co., cotton brokers in New York City, the State Bank & Trust Company, a banking institution domiciled at Jackson, Miss., and M. A. Lewis, an alleged debtor of said Moyse. The gravamen of the bill is that, beginning on December 31, 1909, the appellants entered into various contracts for the purchase…
1Opinion of the CourtMcLean, J.
Upon the very threshold of the discussion of the questions presented by this record, we express our unbounded appreciation of the exceedingly able arguments, both *43oral and printed, made and submitted by counsel for both appellants and appellees. These briefs and arguments have been of inestimable value, not only in diminishing the labors of this court, but in simplifying what, otherwise might be regarded as a difficult question.
The first question presented is whether chapter 118 of the Laws of 1908 repeals the provisions of the Code of 1906 relative to dealing in futures, and especially…
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