Exporters' & Traders' Compress & Warehouse Co. v. Hemphill

Appellee g. R. Hemphill sued appellant, Exporters’ & Traders’ Compress & Warehouse Company, a corporation, for the sum of $1,420 damages, which he alleged was the value of 19 bales of cotton delivered by him to appellant, which cotton appellant failed and refused to redeliver to him on demand. Appellee alleged, in substance, that appellant had theretofore been engaged in compressing cotton; that, in addition to receiving cotton to be compressed, it also received and stored cotton for hire; that it thereby assumed the duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of a warehouseman ; that, when…