Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. City Transfer & Storage Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action by The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company against the City Transfer and Storage Company, for the recovery for the value of eighty-seven automobile tires which the plaintiff had stored with the defendant and which had been stolen from the defendant’s warehouse. The plaintiff recovered and defendant appeals.

It was alleged that the automobile tires had been stored upon an agreement that the defendant would keep them in a certain wire cage and a piano room, both of which were to be securely locked. The defendant left a…