Zeller v. Kugell

Pee Cueiam.

The plaintiff and his wife owned a dry cleaning establishment in Branford known as Branford Cleaners. It was operated by Fred Melillo and John Carr under an agreement to purchase. The cleaning of the garments left at Branford Cleaners was done in a shop owned by the defendant. In September, 1955, a fire at the defendant’s shop damaged and destroyed a substantial number of the garments which had been received from Branford Cleaners. The plaintiff brought suit, claiming that the defendant had contracted with him to insure these garments against loss by fire. He attempted to prove…