Smedley v. Hipple

MacDade, J.,

This is a suit in assumpsit instituted by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover the market value of unrecovered goods which had been deposited in a warehouse in a building located on State Street in the Borough of Media, which warehouse was operated by the defendant and said goods had been stolen while in storage.

On or about September 1, 1932, the plaintiff entered into an oral agreement with the defendant, Harriet J. Hippie, whereby defendant agreed to accept for storage and safe keeping for the plaintiff in defendant's said storage house certain items of household…