Howland v. Newton Ice & Cold Storage Co.

On April 21, 1923, appellant, T. B. Howland, placed in storage with the Newton Ice and Cold Storage Company, appellee, a quantity of dried apples for which appellee issued its warehouseman’s receipt. These apples had been evaporated by appellant during the fall of 1922 and remained in storage with appellee until the last of March, 1924. Appellant contends that when he removed the apples in March, 1924, they were so wet and moldy and in such a damaged condition that about 7,000 pounds were destroyed and the remainder had to be redried by him, resulting in a loss of $2,200 to recover which this…