Brown v. Baer

Lumpkin, Judge.

Brown brought against Baer an action for damages, .his declaration making substantially the following case :

One Nottingham, as receiver of Brown Brothers, a mer-1 cantile firm recently in business at Fort Valley, of which plaintiff was not a member, had advertised for sale the stock of goods of said firm. The goods were divided into: three lots, designated respectively, “ the general stock,” “ Jaffray’s goods” and “Hochstadter’s goods,” all of which had been invoiced at cost prices without freight, and were to be bid for and sold at so many cents on the dollar as invoiced. On…