Staley v. Colony Union Gin Co.

This suit originated in the justice court of Wilbarger county, and was instituted to recover the value of two bales of cotton alleged by appellant to have been converted by appellee. The defendant company answered by general denial, and specially that it was not required to redeliver the cotton which had been left with it for ginning purposes by plaintiff; that after it had received the cotton sued for, it was ginned and delivered to plaintiff on the yard or platform of the gin, which was the full extent of their duty. The answer further alleges that it was the custom to so deliver cotton,…