Lawson v. Bank of Bladenboro

It was agreed that the court below should find the facts. We are bound by the findings if there is sufficient competent evidence to support them, which we think there is.

The first question involved: Did the defendant, as plaintiff’s agent, violate the trust imposed in it by the plaintiff in acceptance of $1,500.25 and delivery of the draft for $1,884.22 with the bill of lading to Bladen-boro Cotton Mills? We think it did.

The plaintiff, Roy Lawson, sold to G. W. Branch fifty bales of cotton for $1,884.22. Branch sold the cotton to the Bladenboro Cotton Mills, and drew a sight draft for…