Holbrook v. Shepard
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; Samuel H. Sibley, Judge. Action by Charles Shepard and another, composing the firm of Shepard & Gluck, against E. A. Holbrook. Judgment for the plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
Defendants in error, as plaintiffs, recovered judgment against plaintiff in error, as defendant, for commissions and for losses on divers contracts entered into on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and subject to its rules and regulations, for the purchase and sale of cotton for future delivery. The petition alleged that defendant requested plaintiffs to advance, and promised to pay them, the sums of money thereafter lost on these contracts.
Demurrers to the petition, based upon its failure to allege that the contracts were in writing, and therefore within the statute of…
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