King v. Motor Mart Garage Co.

This is an action of tort to recover from the operator.of a public garage damages for injury to an automobile stored with it for hire and for the loss of personal property stolen from the automobile. It was agreed at a pre-trial hearing that the defendant operated a public garage in Boston at which the plaintiff stored her automobile for a consideration on November 9, 1952. The case was referred to an auditor whose findings were substantially as follows. The plaintiff, who was a director and producer of a travelling theatrical company, left her automobile, a two door sedan, in the garage at…