Shephard v. Graham Bell Aviation Service, Inc.

McGHEE, Justice.

During a violent windstorm the plaintiff’s airplane broke away from its moorings where the 'defendant had secured it- as a part of its storage arrangement with the plaintiff. The airplane was destroyed except for a small junk value and the trial court awarded judgment for its value.

The Civil Aeronautics Authority had given ample warning the vicinity would be visited by very heavy winds on the evening and night the plane was destroyed. The defendant’s employees had tied the plane down with a “single tie” which proved insufficient to hold it.

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