Davis v. Wylie Jackson

Appellees sued the appellant to recover damages in the sum of $1,246.-75 for the loss of some cotton. The appeal is from a judgment in their favor for $883.44.

Appellees alleged and proved delivery at appellant’s platform at Merritt-, Tex., of three lots of cotton. The first consisted of 100 bales, the second of 85 bales, and the third of 55 bales. It is alleged that the cotton was negligently permitted to remain exposed to the weather, and in a situation to cause it to deteriorate for an unnecessary length of time, and that by reason of that condition it did deteriorate. When the cotton…