Lumberman's Nat. Bank v. Bush & Witherspoon Co.

Appellant bank as plaintiff sued the appellee company in the court below, alleging that it was either the owner of, or held as collateral security for a debt due it by the United States Cotton Corporation, three 100-bale lots of cotton marked, respectively LL, XX, and 44; that such cotton was represented by three certain warehouse or compress receipts, numbered 2188, 2189, and 2190, issued by tbe Gulf City Compress Company of Galveston to the United .States Cotton Company, indorsed by tbe latter in blank, and held by tbe bank; that tbe appellee bad wrongfully converted to its own use and…