Hell's Co-op Gin Co. v. Bullington

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This case, started between cotton growers, Ernest Bullington, his brother, Earl, Ralph Murphy, and a cotton buyer, W. B. Dunavent and Company, who brought a lawsuit against a ginning company, Hill’s Coop Gin Company of Arkansas, Inc., over the loss of seventeen bales of cotton that burned while in the custody of the gin company.

The lower court granted a directed verdict to the growers and buyer for the amount they sued for, plus penalties and attorneys’ fees. Hill’s Co-op and Farm Bureau appeal the decision of the lower court alleging two errors: the court should have…