Milwaukee Automobile Mutual Insurance v. Hansord Pontiac Co.

Otis, Justice.

Plaintiff brings this action as a bailor’s subrogated insurer to recover the value of an automobile stolen while in the possession of defendant bailee. The court, hearing the matter without a jury, found for plaintiff in the sum of $1,759.65. Defendant appeals from an order of the municipal court of Minneapolis denying its motion for amended findings or a new trial.

On October 11, 1960, the insured bailor, Gertrude Oja, left her Pontiac automobile for minor repairs at defendant’s place of business at 17th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis. Upon her return, the car could…