Wetmore v. Hooker Co., Inc.

This is an action of tort tried in the Montpelier Municipal Court without a jury. The complaint contained a count in trover and one in negligence.

The court found the following facts:

“1. That on or about the latter part of May or the first part of June, 1931, the plaintiff; left two rugs with the defendant for storage;

“2. That the defendant placed the two rugs in its storehouse in Bar.re, Vermont, where customarily goods of like nature belonging to the defendant and other people were stored;

“3. That the plaintiff up to that time had transacted a substantial amount of business with the…