Alamaris v. Jno. F. Clark & Co.

Appellee is a general commercial partnership, consisting of several persons. The partners, or some of them, hold membership in various of the large stock or commodity exchanges of the country and' are engaged in behalf of the partnership as brokers in said exchanges, handling stock and commodities' for the customers of such partnership. Among the several exchanges in which appellee holds membership is the Chicago Board of Trade, and also, the New Orleans Stock Exchange. In order to further their business, appellee firm maintains local agencies at many points throughout the country and one of…