Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1924

Traders Compress Co. v. McMahan

Traders Compress Co. v. McMahan
Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Decided October 7, 1924 · Nicholson, Harrison, Johnson, Lydick, Gordon, Warren
231 P. 524; 107 Okla. 164; 1924 OK 883; 1924 Okla. LEXIS 656

Traders Compress Co. v. McMahan

Opinion of the Court

NICHOLSON, J.

This was an action by O. C. McMahan, as plaintiff, against the Traders Conrpress Company, as defendant, to recover the sum of $942, .the alleged value of nine bales of cotton stored. with the defendant by the plaintiff, which cotton was destroyed by fire while in the possession of the defendant. A trial resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the amount sued for, from which the defendant has appeale¡d.

The facts and issues of law presented are identical with those in the case of Traders Compress Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. O. K. Precure, Defendant in Error, No. 14785, 107 Okla. 191, 231 Pac. 516, and what was there said applies in all respects to this case.

*165 Accordingly, .the judgment herein is reversed. and the cause remanded for a new trial.

HARRISON, JOHNSON, LYDICK, GORDON, and WARREN, JJ., concur.

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