Huck-Gerhardt Co. v. Kendall

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from a judgment entered for the plaintiff on a jury verdict after the court below had refused defendant’s motions for judgment n.o.v. and for a new trial. The action ivas brought in assumpsit by a corporate bailor to recover the value of its goods delivered to a bailee for hire and not returned to the plaintiff upon demand. The plaintiff’s goods were destroyed by fire which the jury found was caused by the defendant-bailee’s negligence.

The plaintiff alleged in its complaint, and proved at the trial, that it had delivered catalogues and folders to the…