Ford & Co. v. Atlantic Compress Co.

B. B. Ford & Company and the Standard Marine Insurance Company Limited of Liverpool, suing for the use of the last-named company, brought an action against the Atlantic Compress Company. The substance of the petition now material is as follows: Ford & Company, between September 17, 1907, and January 30, 1908, delivered to the defendant 234 bales of cotton, taking its warehouse receipts for the same, wherein the defendant obligated itself to deliver the cotton upon the return of the receipts properly indorsed, and the payment of such charges as may have accrued thereon under the current tariff…