Thorn v. Browne
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District, of Arkansas; Frank A. Youmans, Judge. Action at law by Charles B. Thorn and another, copartners as Thorn & Maginnis, against Fred Browne. Judgment for ■ defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, Thom & Maginnis, a partnership, were cotton brokers and members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and the defendant Browne was a resident of Sebastian county, Ark. They sued him for the balance of an account of $23,215, which they alleged he owed them on the purchase and sale of 2,000 bales of cotton, and for commissions on-such purchases and sales, which they bought and sold for him on his telegraphic orders between January 24 and February 2, 1917, subject to section 5 of the United States Cotton Futures Act (Act Aug. 11, 1916, c. 313, 39 Stat. 476…
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