Alamo Airways, Inc. v. Benum

OPINION

By the Court,

Badt, C. J.:

The main problem presented by the eross-appeals in this case is whether, in a bailment for hire, the defendant bailee had sustained the burden of proving that damage to the bailed airplane was due to causes consistent with due care on his part. Other questions relating to the trial court’s admission and exclusion of evidence are likewise determined. The parties are referred to in their abbreviated names.

Benum, plaintiff below, was the owner of a light airplane, a 1947 Stinson, which he delivered to defendant Alamo, a flying service operator, for the purpose of…