JONES v. UNION GUANO CO.

No. 73.

264 U.S. 171 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 280

68 L.Ed. 623

JONES v. UNION GUANO COMPANY, INCORPORATED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 18, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward C. Jerome, with whom Mr. J.M. Sharp and Mr. B.L. Fentress were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Louis M. Swink and Mr. W.M. Hendren, with whom Mr. Oscar O. Efird was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff in error brought this action in the Superior Court of Rockingham County to recover damages alleged to have resulted to his tobacco crop from the use of fertilizer manufactured and sold by defendant in error. A state law (§ 7, c. 143, Laws of 1917) provides that no such action shall be brought until after chemical analysis showing the ingredients of the fertilizer. The plaintiff in error failed to...

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