Preston v. Witherspoon

The nature of the case sufficiently appears from the special finding of facts made by the court below at, the request of appellants.

As the brief of counsel for appellees contains a fuller statement of the facts found than does the brief of counsel for appellants, we take therefrom the following summary, making-a few additions thereto :

The defendants, Runcie & Wallace, under the firm name of “The Fort Branch Elevator Company,” were engaged at Fort Branch in buying, selling and shipping wheat, and for hire receiving wheat from farmers for storage, and on demand of the depositors were to return…