Carroll v. American Agricultural Chemical Co.

American Agricultural Chemical Company brought a petition for mandamus against Cecil E. Carroll doing business under the name and style of Dublin Bonded Warehouse, alleging that the defendant conducts a public warehouse for the receipt and storage of baled cotton; that on the receipt of the cotton he executes a bonded-warehouse receipt to the owner of the cotton, which receipt is “semi-negotiable;” that in the conduct of his business he issues receipts for the cotton stored, and keeps books as required by law, in which he enters an account of all of Ms transactions -relating to his business…