Employers Fire Insurance Company v. Laney and Duke Storage Warehouse Company, Inc.

CHOATE, Senior District Judge:

This is a bailment action against a warehouseman. Fire, of unknown origin, destroyed the warehouse and the plaintiffs’ 1 goods which had been entrusted to the warehouseman.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment based on a verdict for the warehouseman. The case was tried by skilled lawyers on both sides, and before an experienced and very able judge. The proceedings were without fault, except in relation to a difficult question of the burden of proof and the mention of insurance positions of the parties.

The action is governed by Florida’s Uniform Warehouse Receipts…