Williamson, Inman & Co. v. Thompson

The defendant company was sued for commissions alleged to be due for selling certain cotton, the plaintiff contending that the commissions became due when he procured acceptable purchasers for the cotton and a contract was entered into with them, although the cotton was not to be delivered and paid for until a later date. Defendant contended that such commissions were not due until the cotton was delivered and paid for; also that the purchasers procured by the plaintiff were insolvent at the time they entered into the contracts; that they were therefore unable to perform their contracts at…