Coconut Grove Exchange Bank v. Columbia Casualty Co.

WALLER, Circuit Judge.

Ernest Apostle and Genevieve H. Adams were partners, doing business as the Miami Poultry & Egg Company. Mrs. Adams died but the business was thereafter carried on solely by Apostle. They will be referred to as “Apostle”. The business operated several large refrigerated truck-trailers throughout the southeastern part of the United States for the purpose of buying poultry and eggs for resale in Miami. Three of the main customers for the eggs so bought were Wilson & Company, Cudahy Packing Company, and George Ehlenberger & Company, Inc. Since it was necessary for Apostle to…