LEHMAN v. GUMBEL

No. 146.

236 U.S. 448 (1915)

LEHMAN, STERN & COMPANY, LIMITED, v. S. GUMBEL & COMPANY, LIMITED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry H. Chaffe, with whom Mr. George Denegre and Mr. Victor Leovy were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Monte M. Lemann, with whom Mr. J. Blanc Monroe was on the brief, for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

On March 12, 1912, Lehman, Stern & Company sold to Martin & Company, 392 bales of cotton for the sum of $19,238. The checks given in payment were not honored when presented to the bank, and, on the day after the sale, the Lehman Company brought suit in a state court to obtain a general judgment against Martin & Company and to foreclose the lien, given by the...

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