Ormsby v. A. B. C. Fireproof Warehouse Co.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from the action of the court in sustaining defendant’s motion for judgment upon the pleadings. The petition alleges that on and prior to October 25, 1920, plaintiff was the owner and in possession of an automobile and! on that day delivered the same to the defendant to be forwarded from Kansas City, Missouri, to Los Angeles, California; “That said defendant on said date, for hire accepted said property, and agreed to forward same as aforesaid accox*ding to plaintiff’s instructions;” that on or about October 26, 1920, defendant placed said property in an enclosed…