Legal Opinion · Dissent

Tyson v. Jennings Produce Co.

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided November 13, 1917No. 6 Div. 22Published

Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; C. B. Smith, Judge. Action by the Jennings Produce Company against O. A. Tyson. Judgment for plaintiff after trial before the court without a jury, and defendant appeals.

1DissentBricken, J.

I cannot concur in the conclusions of fact and'law in the majority opinion prepared by Judge SAM-FORD. The evidence in this ease is without conflict, and, in my opinion, shows a consignment only, and not a sale of the pota toes to Tyson.

Appellee’s theory of its action, as set forth in the brief filed by its counsel, is as follows:

“The action was for §96.36 balance due on a car load of potatoes, sold by appellee to the appellant, on September 22, 1910.” (Appellee’s Brief, p. 8.)

I am ready to concede that, if the transaction was a straight-out sale to Tyson, then it would be an interstate…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hopkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. Butler Bros. Shoe Co. v. United States Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
  3. John Deere Plow Co. v. WylandSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  4. Alabama Fertilizer Co. v. Reynolds & LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
  5. Jones v. MartinAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917

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