Faries v. Ranger, Fatman & Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Pociié, J.

Plaintiff sues for the recovery of profits which he could have realized from a cotton contract which he had made with the defendants, and which he lost through their violation of the contract.

He charges that under two orders, dated respectively January 23d and 25th, 1877, lie had been directed by defendants to purchase for them 1,000 bales of cotton of a stipulated quality and at a stipulated price, on the market of Shreveport, where he was then engaged in the business of cotton buyer; that while he was proceeding to fill said orders, and…