Tallahatchie Compress & Storage Co. v. Hartshorn

Citations

• 125 Miss. 662
• 88 So. 278

Syllabus

<p>1. Evidence. Parol agreement as to place of storage admissible where receipt silent.</p> <p>Where a warehouse receipt for the storage of a bale of cotton is silent as to. the place of storage, evidence is admissible to show a prior parol agreement which specifies the place of storage.</p> <p>2. Warehousemen. Warehouseman storing goods in place different from that agreed on does so at his own risk.</p> <p>Where a warehouseman has contracted to store goods in a particular place, and breaches his contract and stores them in a different place, it is at his own risk, and he is liable for any damage or injury to the goods which occurs, even without his fault or negligence.</p>