Staple Cotton Co-Op. Ass'n v. Hemphill

The appellant was plaintiff below, and sued out a writ of replevin against the appellee for certain cotton, alleging that it was entitled to the possession of said cotton by virtue of a marketing agreement entered into between the plaintiff and the defendant for the years 1920, 1921, 1922,1923, and 1924. The writ of replevin was sued out under the authority of chapter 275, Laws of 1924, section 1 of which reads as follows:

“That all co-operative marketing associations organized or doing business under the laws of the state of Mississippi may obtain the possession of personal property to the…