Middleton v. Cato

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is an appeal by Wyman Middleton, d/b/a Middleton and Sons Ricking Company, from a judgment of the Lawrence County Circuit Court in favor of Jack Cato, d/b/a Frozen Food Lockers, in a suit filed by Middleton against cato for damage to meat stored in Cato’s cold storage locker plant.

On or about June 27, 1967, Middleton stored 18,550 pounds of meat in Cato’s frozen food locker plant at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, and paid $185.50 as storage charges for one month. Sometime in the latter part of August, when Middleton removed his meat from Cato’s plant, the meat was…