Fields v. Gordon

This was an action by a bailor • against a bailee for hire. The plaintiff charged in his declaration that he delivered to the defendants a quantity of sweet potatoes for “curing, storage and safe-keeping” until called for; that due to the negligence of the defendants, the warehouse in which the potatoes were kept and its contents were destroyed by fire, and that the defendants had refused to pay him for the loss.

At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, the judge sustained a motion by the defendants for a directed verdict and accordingly dismissed the suit. The plaintiff :ap pealed in…