Lacy v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

It is insisted by the defendants that the relation existing between the owners of the cotton and the warehouseman was that of bailor and bailee, and that there is not sufficient evidence to subject the warehouseman’s bond to liability for loss of the bales which were received and stored. The circumstances tend to show that the cotton was stolen — the defendants say without any default or neglect of the local manager and without any act subjecting them to liability in damages; and according to the verdict the warehouseman’s failure to deliver the cotton upon demand of the owners was not due to…