Guarantee Mercantile Co. v. Jefferson Farmers' Union Cotton Warehouse Co.

During the cotton-buying season of 1918-19 the appellant, through an agent, bought 171 bales of cotton and stored them with the appellee. Warehouse receipts were issued by the appellee, then engaged in the business of storing cotton. In each of these it was stipulated that the. cotton was to be stored under shelter. In March, 1919, the cotton left in storage was redelivered to the appellant, and by it shipped to Sulphur Springs, Tex., where many of the bales were found to be in a damaged condition. The cotton whs picked and reconditioned, and several thousand pounds of damaged cotton were…