English v. Traders Compress Co.

J. L. English, plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, on the 9th, 21st, 24th, and 25th of October, 1924, delivered to the Traders Compress Company, a corporation, defendant in error, defendant below, seven bales of cotton for.storage. At the time of delivery, English received compress receipts for the cotton, which receipts provided that “the cotton would be delivered to the holder of the receipt on the return thereof and the payment of all charges,” but that the compress company was “not responsible for loss by damage, fire, flood or other agencies, unless caused by the willful or gross…