George W. Gray's Suit Continued Until June, 1923

Important Case Continues

The suit of George W. Gray against local tobacco interests for $50,000 damages has been continued until the June, 1923, term of Supreme Court here. The action, pending many months, was expected to come to trial during the present term. Several leading attorneys in the section are of counsel in the matter. Gray, expelled from the local warehouse floors where he purchased tobacco as a professional buyer, brought an action which resulted in decision in his favor. He resumed buying here. The damage suit is additional to the previously heard action. Gray, a Kentuckian, was accused of “nesting,” or mixing grades against the regulations of the Tobacco Board of Trade. A board committee investigated the charges and issued the expulsion order. The board is comprised by scores of warehousemen, buyers, manufacturing companies doing a national business, and others. No litigation involving local tobacco interests has been regarded as important as the Gray cases.

From the front page of the Daily Free Press, Kinston, N.Y., Nov. 12, 1922