Monarch Warehouse Co. v. Major Breckinridge Corp.

FAUST Y. SIMPSON, Special Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment granting a directed verdict to the appellee on a complaint by appellee for damages against appellant for the loss of bailed merchandise.

The appellant, Monarch Warehouse Company, operated a modern warehouse in the City of Louisville. Prior to April, 1967, Major Breckinridge by contract with Monarch stored a number of color television sets in appellant’s warehouse. On April 30, 1967, there was a break-in at the warehouse and a number of appellee’s television sets were stolen of the value of $9,523.82.

Upon appellant’s…