Natchez Pecan Marketing Ass'n v. Bramlett

The appellee recovered a judgment against the appellants for a balance alleged to be due him on the value of pecans alleged by him to have been sold and delivered to them. The appellants, Natchez Pecan Marketing Association and National Pecan Marketing Association, are closely allied, co-operative pecan marketing associations, and one of the activities of the appellee is the growing of pecans for the market.

The case presented by the pleadings, and to which the evidence was pointed and the jury instructed, is, in substance, as follows: The appellee sued the appellants for the value of pecans…