Scott v. Columbia Compress Co.

Appellee is a corporation engaged in the business of compressing cotton and storing cotton for hire at Magnolia, Arkansas, and it received from appellant, for storage, two bales of cotton, and executed a receipt therefor, stipulating that the cotton would “be delivered to bearer only upon return of this receipt and payment of all charges,” and the receipt also contained a stipulation exempting the company from liability for loss or injury on account of “accidents, concealed damages, water packs, acts of Providence, acts of the public enemy, or for damage or loss by fire, even when caused by…