Wyatt v. Baughman

DUNFORD, District Judge.

These cases were consolidated for trial before the District Court and for the purposes of this appeal. For convenience, we will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

Each of the plaintiffs was the owner of an airplane which was stored in a hangar belonging to the defendant, when the hangar, with its contents, was destroyed by fire. The parties stipulated that there was no express contract establishing the rights and obligations of the parties, beyond the agreement that defendant, for a consideration, would store the planes. Thus there was a simple…