Hamilton & Co. v. Moore

Moore sued Hamilton & Co. for the value of a bale of cotton delivered to them as warehousemen, and which he claimed was destroyed by fire through their negligence, that they neglected to insure it as was their duty, *708etc. On conflicting evidence plaintiff obtained a verdict in the justice’s court, which was sustained on certiorari. The assignments of error were, in refusing to grant a continuance for the absence of Foster, a witness resident of the county, who had been subpoenaed; in admitting testimony that it was the custom of warehousemen to insure all cotton placed in their hands, over…