Laurel Compress Co. v. Power
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the- circuit court of Jones county. Hon. Paul B. Johnson, Judge. Suit by Geo. B. Power and another trustee of the Parmers’ Warehouse Company against the Laurel Compress Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
The appellee filed this suit in the circuit court of Jones county, and the case was tried hy the judge by agreement *2without a jury. The appellee, plaintiff in the court below, was awarded damages to the extent of five hundred and three dollars. The substance of the ground of recovery is, that the Farmers’ Warehouse Company, for whom appellees are receivers, shipped six bales of cotton from Stringer, Miss., to the Laurel Compress Company at Laurel, Misá., with the request that it be promptly notified upon the receipt of the cotton. Three bales of the cotton in question arrived at the…
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