Feild v. Farrington
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the case being this; Feild, a resident of Little Koek, Arkansas, owning a quantity of cotton, put it, personally, on the 9th October, 1865, into the hands of Farrington & Howell, commission merchants of Memphis, Tennessee, with directions to sell it; cotton being then worth not less than 50 cents a pound.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the case being this; Feild, a resident of Little Koek, Arkansas, owning a quantity of cotton, put it, personally, on the 9th October, 1865, into the hands of Farrington & Howell, commission merchants of Memphis, Tennessee, with directions to sell it; cotton being then worth not less than 50 cents a pound. On the next day, being now on his way homeward, he. telegraphed to them, “ Do not sell my cotton till I see you.” The market at this time was excited, and’higher than at any subsequent time. A short time after this, Feild…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
There is some conflict in the testimony respecting the instructions given to the plaintiffs below by the defendant, at the time when he obtained the advanee-on his consignment, and at the time when he last saw them, some, fifteen days afterwards. It is claimed that he then gave them instructions to sell the cotton before the price should fall any lower, and that this direction was given not later than the 28th of ■ October, 1865. It was upon .this theory that his first prayer for.instructions to the jury was framed. It is very obvious that no such directions, as that prayer asked for, should…
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