Ladd v. Southern Cotton Press & Manufacturing Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Stewart. Suit by Alex. K. Ladd, appellant, a cotton buyer, against The Southern Cotton Press and Manufacturing Company, a corporation under the laws of Texas, carrying on the business of receiving, storing and compressing cotton, to recover back certain moneys paid on cotton entrusted to them.
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Stewart. Suit by Alex. K. Ladd, appellant, a cotton buyer, against The Southern Cotton Press and Manufacturing Company, a corporation under the laws of Texas, carrying on the business of receiving, storing and compressing cotton, to recover back certain moneys paid on cotton entrusted to them. The money sought to be recovered back was alleged to have been paid by Ladd for charges on cotton purchased by him, after it bad been stored, and while so stored in the warehouses and compress establishments of appellant. The right to recover was…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought in the district court of Galveston county, August 3, 1877, by Alexander H. Ladd, the appellant, against appellee, The Southern Cotton Press and Manufacturing Company, a corporation under the laws of Texas, carrying on the business of receiving, storing and compressing cotton for such parties as might employ its services in that behalf, to recover back moneys alleged to have been paid by appellant at various times for charges which were uniformly and notoriously demanded and collected by appellee on all cotton entrusted to it.
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