Legal Opinion
Taunton v. Allenberg Cotton Company, Inc.
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided December 13, 1973No. Civ. A. 1711PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGMENT and decree
ELLIOTT, Chief Judge.
The thirteen Plaintiffs above identified are cotton farmers who early this year entered into contracts to sell their fall crops at a specified price per pound and are now in the understandably unhappy situation of having seen the market price of the commodity advance substantially during the growing season. In this action they challenge the validity of their agreements. That which appeared attractive in sunny spring has lost its allure in bleak December.
The case came on for trial on the merits before the Court without a jury. All parties were present…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Forsyth Manufacturing Co. v. CastlenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Layton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Fenner & Beane v. CalhounCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
3Cited by5 opinions
- Reigel Fiber Corporation v. Anderson Gin Company, Reibel Fiber Corporation v. Ellis BrothersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Steiner v. Mobil Oil Corp.California Supreme Court · 1977
- C. M. Bradford v. Plains Cotton Cooperative AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Lader's Tiffany Feed & Supply Co. v. Kohl (In Re Kohl)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1981
- Geovision, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Geovision Corporation and Geovision Systems, Inc., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991