Matthews v. Hamburger

Defendants have appealed from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor for the value of certain household furniture which was wrongfully sold by defendants.

Plaintiff and her husband, Edward B. Matthews, on May 5, 1938, decided to store their furniture and take a trip to San Francisco to visit friends and relatives. They placed their household furniture and furnishings, which was community property, in storage with Birch-Smith Storage Company in Los Angeles and thereafter drove in the family automobile to Huntington Park to visit friends briefly before leaving on their trip to San Francisco. On…