R. G. McClung Cotton Co. v. Cotton Concentration Co.

GUITTARD, Justice.

This suit was brought by plaintiff R. G. McClung Cotton Company, Inc. against defendant Cotton Concentration Company to recover as damages the amount of decline in market value of 8,485 bales of cotton during the period of delay by defendant in weighing and sampling the cotton, which was stored in defendant’s warehouse, together with interest and storage charges for the period of the delay. The jury found that defendant failed to weigh and sample the cotton within a reasonable time after plaintiff requested it to do so, that the difference in market value for the period of…