Reliance Storage & Inspection Co. v. Hubbard

BARKSDALE, District Judge.

For a number of years, plaintiff, Reliance Storage & Inspection Company, Inc., has been engaged in the business of storing in Danville, Virginia, for compensation, leaf tobacco purchased by the large tobacco companies in the warehouses of Danville and elsewhere, packed in hogsheads and hauled to the building of plaintiff for storage. The hogsheads of tobacco are hauled to plaintiff’s building by the owners, and left in storage there until the owners desire to remove them for further ageing or manufacture. The period of storage in plaintiff’s building averages about…