Colonial Transfer Co. v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

THOMAS, Justice.

In the consideration of this case we are concerned with the relevant provisions of Chapter 678, Florida Statutes 1953, and F.S.A., the Warehouse Receipts Act.

In the appellee’s complaint it was alleged that the appellee deposited with the appellant, “a warehouseman as defined” in the act, a large quantity of telephone directories which were in good condition, and paid the appellant for the storage.

It was charged that while the books were in the appellant’s hands the appellant “failed in its statutory duty to exercise such care in regard to [the property] as a reasonably careful…