United Air Services, Ltd. v. Sampson

—Plaintiff instituted this action to recover damages for the loss of an airplane owned by it and rented by plaintiff for the purpose of enabling defendant and his party to fly to San Bernardino on July 9, 1934. On said date the airplane crashed shortly after it had left the ground at Shandin Hills Airport in San Bernardino on the intended return flight. The crash resulted in the deaths of the pilot, George Hague, and Sam Edwards, a passenger, while the defendant and another passenger, Harry Claiborne, survived. By his answer, defendant denied he hired the plaintiff’s airplane; denied that the…