Chickasha Cotton Oil Co. v. Markum

This case involves an action to recover damages against a ginning company for failing to redeliver cotton which had been left with the company for ginning.

Plaintiff alleges the delivery of the cotton in the seed to the ginning company for ginning and the failure, neglect, and refusal to redeliver the same except the rebate and the seed contained in said cotton.

The defendant by its answer asserts that the cotton was voluntarily left on the premises, and that the company neither assumed nor retained any contractual or other liability with reference thereto; and also that said cotton was at all…