Weaver Cotton Co. v. Batesville Compress Co.

Wood, J..

On the first day of October, 1923, tbe appellant instituted an action against tbe appellee for the conversion of two bales of cotton. Tbe appellant alleged that on tbe 20th of November, 1922, tbe appellee received from one J. W. Black two bales of lint cotton, and .became tbe bailee, and warehouseman for said cotton and issued to said Black two receipts for same, which receipts were negotiable; that tbe appellant became tbe bolder of these receipts in due course for a .valuable consideration; that, in April, 1923, it made demand of tbe appellee for tbe cotton, and appellee failed and…