Mitchell v. Martel Manufacturing Co.

The plaintiffs delivered to the defendant company cotton in the seed, for the purpose of having it ginned. After the cotton was ginned and the balé of lint cotton was rolled from the press to the platform, one of the plaintiffs went to find a buyer for the cotton, and when he returned the bale was gone. The plaintiffs brought this suit, an action of trover, and on the trial showed delivery to the defendant, title in themselves, the *58value of the cotton, and that the defendant refused on demand to deliver to them the cotton or to pay them for it. After hearing the evidence of the plaintiffs the…