Union Transfer Co. v. Riss & Co.

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for the defendant (appellee) in an action brought to recover the value of a trailer in which each of the plaintiffs had an interest and which was stolen from the defendant’s parking lot in Louisville, Kentucky, on or about June 18, 1951. The substance of the plaintiffs’ claim is that the defendant was, at the time of the loss, a bailee of the trailer for the mutual benefit of the parties, and that the loss was due to the defendant’s negligence. The defendant denied liability. Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of…