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Concord Variety Works v. Beckham

Concord Variety Works v. Beckham
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided November 27, 1900 · Simmons
112 Ga. 242; 37 S.E. 392; 1900 Ga. LEXIS 115

Concord Variety Works v. Beckham

Opinion of the Court

Simmons, C. J.

1. Where cotton is delivered by the owner to another to be ginned for a specified price, this is a bailment for hire. Therefore, where the cotton is lost by the bailee, the onus is upon him to show due care and diligence in protecting and keeping it.

2. No such care and diligence was shown in the present case.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.

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