Swift & Co. v. Memphis Cold Storage Warehouse Co.

This was an action for damages for breach of a contract of bailment. The bailment was for hire. Swift & Co. was the bailor; the warehouse company was the bailee. The subject-matter covered by the contract was about 6,000 cases, or 2,160,000 eggs.

The complainant was an Illinois corporation; the defendant, a Tennessee corporation. The former was engaged in the business of buying and selling meats, eggs, and other products of similar character; the latter was conducting a cold storage warehouse business in Memphis, Tenn. Such was the business of the respective parties at the time of the bailment…