Farmers & Merchants Bank v. Bennett & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Taliaferro. City court of Sanders-ville. January 25, 1904. cited Civil Code, §§2895, 2956, 2959, 3889, 4935, 5105; Ga. B. 4/443; 78/575; 103/171; 90/698; 113/1010; 74/320; 110/477; 115/23; 22 A. & E. Ene. L. (2d ed.) 866. cited Civil Code, §§ 3694, 4960; Ga. B. 69/661 (2); 73/641 (1); 77/153; .110/779 (2, 3); 69/825; 79/315; 110/480; 4 Cyc. of L. 340 (3).
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank brought against the firm of Bennett & Co. an action the nature of which will be readily seen from the following allegations set forth in the plaintiff’s petition : “ On Sepember the 25th, 1900, Dr. L. A. Graybill stored with the Tennille Warehouse Company two bales of cotton, taking said Warehouse Company’s receipts for the same. . . The said L. A. Graybill deposited said receipts with petitioner for the purpose of securing an overdraft of his account. Afterwards [he] paid said overdraft and demanded said receipts; and upon search for the same, they could not be…
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