Gaskins v. Fowler Gin Co.

OxnBr, Justice.

This is an action by a bailor to recover the value of property which the bailee failed to return. The trial judge directed a verdict in favor of the bailor. The question to be determined is whether the circumstances establish liability *203as a matter of law. The material facts are undisputed and are substantially as follows:

Respondent, an illiterate Negro farmer, carried two bales of seed cotton to-appellant’s gin. It was ginned about 3:00 A. M. Respondent saw his two bales of cotton shortly after they came from the press. An employee asked him what he wished to do with the…