W. F. Hall Printing Co. v. Wells Warehouse & Forwarding Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Matchett

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, W. F. Hall Printing Company, a corporation, filed two suits in replevin against the Wells Warehouse and Forwarding Company, a corporation, for the purpose of securing possession of certain rolls of tympan paper, the value of which was alleged to be $8,000. The paper in question was stored with the defendant, Wells Warehouse and Forwarding Company, by Cromwell Jones, and he held non-negotiable warehouse receipts indicating his ownership of the same. Acting under the writs, the sheriff , took the paper and delivered…