First Nat. Bank of Mineola v. Mineola State Bank

Appellee, the Mineóla State Bank, instituted this suit against the First National Bank of Mineóla, Tex,, and the Citizens’ Compress Company of Mineóla, Tex., for the value of certain cotton. The material parts of the amended petition, upon which the ease was tried, are as follows: That the defendant Citizens’ Compress Company is engaged in the business of compressing cotton; that it stores and holds cotton and other produce for the general public for hire, and it holds itself out to the public generally as being engaged in the business of compressing cotton and a warehouseman. That during the…