Grenada Cotton Compress Co. v. Atkinson
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Madison county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Atkinson, appellant, was plaintiff in tbe court below, tbe Cotton Compress Company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiffs favor tbe defendant appealed to tbe supreme court.
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From tbe circuit court of Madison county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Atkinson, appellant, was plaintiff in tbe court below, tbe Cotton Compress Company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiffs favor tbe defendant appealed to tbe supreme court. Tbe appellant did a cotton warehouse business in Canton, Miss., and for each bale of cotton delivered to it for storage issued a separate receipt in tbe following form, with the blanks properly filled out: “Granada Cotton Compress Company. • “Canton, Miss.,—■—, 1905. No. 34,108. “Beceived of —■—■ one bale of cotton in apparent…
1Opinion of the Court
Eletciier, L,
delivered the opinion of the court.
One of the numerous questions presented by this record is the competency of the books introduced in evidence. It is earnestly argued that these books are not shown to be competent within the principles of Chicago, etc. R. Co. v. Provine, 61 Miss. 288, and other familiar authorities. Considering the showing made-as to the manner in which the books were kept, the sources of information relied on by the persons who made the entries, the due and regular course of business to which the entries relate, the methods by which the entries .were verified,…
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