Hopkins v. Partridge

Citations

• 71 Tex. 606
• 10 S.W. 214
• 1888 Tex. LEXIS 1193

Syllabus

<p>2. Sam of Unpicked Cotton.—See facts held sufficient evidence to show a completed sale of cotton in the field unpicked.</p> <p>2. Same.—The parties to the contract of sale were in the cotton field owned by the vendor. They agreed upon the sale of all the cotton crop on the plantation. The crop was turned over by the vendor to the vendee. Vendor agreed to pick ^nd haul the cotton to a designated gin; the vendee agreeing to haul the ginned cotton, at his own expense, to a designated market. The market price of the cotton was then to be credited upon the notes of the vendor to the vendee for the purchase money of the land upon which the cotton was raised. Held, that a subsequent attachment could not hold the cotton against the vendee, there being no evidence or charge of fraud.</p>