Marks v. New Orleans Cold Storage Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Provosty, J.

Having on hand large quantities of cow-peas, and June coming on when cow-peas axe in danger of being damaged by weevils in the climate of New Orleans, the plaintiffs separated the mixed peas from the straight clay peas and put the latter, the more valuable, in the cold storage warehouse of -the defendant company for preservation until the opening of the next season, say March following. The quantity thus stored was 13,028 sacks, and the transfer to the cold storage was effected between the 9th and the 18th of June. After-wards, a few days…