Carolina Rice Co. v. West Point Mill Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Bowman, J., Charleston, November, 1913. Action by Carolina Rice Company against West Point Mill Company. From a judgment for the defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are stated iii the opinion.
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Before Bowman, J., Charleston, November, 1913. Action by Carolina Rice Company against West Point Mill Company. From a judgment for the defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are stated iii the opinion. The charge, to which the appellant excepted, was as follows : Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the jury, .the allegation of the complaint is that heretofore, to wit: prior to1 and during the month of October, 1911, the defendant held in their warehouse for the account of the plaintiff a certain number of pockets of rice, etc. (Reading complaint.) Now, gentlemen, the defendant answers and denies…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
The respondent is engaged in the business of cleaning rice for the producers. When this rice is cleaned and put into, sacks, it is placed in respondent’s warehouse. The producer sells the rice in the warehouse and the purchaser is allowed time to remove it.
The appellant purchased a lot of rice in these warehouses and before its. removal, a storm came and flooded the warehouse and injured the rice. The appellant brought this action for the injury to the rice. The respondent admitted the damage while in its possession, but claimed that…
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