Morales Mejías v. Metropolitan Packing & Warehousing Co.

The plaintiff delivered to the defendant firm certain house furniture and appliances to be transported for pay from Puerto Rico to New York. The defendant is engaged in this kind of business. While the defendant had this furniture stored in Puerto Rico they were destroyed by a fire. Notwithstanding the investigations made the origin of the fire was never discovered but it was learned that it began in the rear part of the warehouse where they had packing material such as stripped paper, sawdust, cardboard boxes and waxed paper.

The plaintiff filed a complaint for damages for $3,000 and the…