Fidelity Storage Co. v. Kingsbury

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

The United States Vending Machine Corporation, of Warrensburg, Mo., stored with the appellant company twenty packages, each containing a vending machine. The valuation placed upon the packages when they were stored was $50 each. The storage company gave a nonnegotiable warehouse receipt, which, among other things, provided: “All dues must be paid before delivery or transfer of goods, and no transfer will be recognized unless entered on the books of the warehouse.”

Later appellee Kingsbury notified the vice president and general manager of the storage company that…