Willett v. Rich

This is an action of contract against the defendants as warehousemen. The declaration contains four counts, but, as the third and fourth counts are the same as the first and second, except that they apply to a different lot of goods, we need consider only the first two counts.

The first count alleges that the defendants, as warehousemen, received goods of the plaintiffs, and agreed to keep the same safely, and to deliver the same to the plaintiffs upon demand, in the same order and condition as when received; that the goods were damaged while in the custody of the defendants; that they…