Smith v. Farmers Ginning Ass'n

On October 6, 1944, the appellant, John Smith, had a "bale of cotton ginned at Belzoni by the appellee, Farmers Ginning Association, A.A.L., (Agricultural Association "Law, Chapter 5, Title 19, Code 1942), and was given a gin ticket therefor, which contained this notation: “Not responsible for cotton left at gin.” The bale of cotton was left on the gin yard among five or six hundred other "bales, and was never accounted for. This suit was brought to recover the value thereof. There was a dixected verdict in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

Notwithstanding the notation on the…