Jonesboro Compress Co. v. Simpson

Appellant operated a compress at Jonesboro, received cotton from the appellees as warehouseman and stored it in section or shed “A” of the’ compress which was totally destroyed ¡by fire during the noon hour on December 8, 1927.

Appellees herein and many other owners of cotton which was destroyed in the fire brought separate suits in the circuit court of ¡Craighead County to recover the value of their respective lots of cotton.

The separate cases of appellees and those of H. J. Boolin, W. F. Rogers, Joe Edwards, W. ¡S. Harris, and Mrs. Mary Neyman were consolidated for the purposes of trial.…