Legal Opinion
Goodwyn v. Union Springs Guano Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 1, 1934No. 5 Div. 144PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Justice.
Special assumpsit by the holder of cotton warehouse receipts against a public warehouseman operating under the Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (Code 1923, §§ 10505-10564 [Agricultural Code 1927, §§ 408-473]) and the surety on his bond, for failure to deliver the cotton represented by said receipts on demand of the plaintiff.
Each of the receipts, forty in number, represented one bale of cotton, specifying the weight thereof, and by the terms of the receipt, as averred in the complaint, the warehouseman agreed to deliver to the “bearer.” A number of receipts were issued by the…
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- Pearce v. Brilliant Coal Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917
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