United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Dixie Parking Service, Inc.

DIXON, Justice.

Plaintiff-relator is the subrogee of George E. Morse, who suffered the loss oí his wife’s fur stole at defendant’s parking garage. The trial judge dismissed the suit, holding that "proof was not sufficient to take this case out of the category of the ordinary requirement of bailment.” The Court of Appeal affirmed. 248 So.2d 377.

On the day before Mardi Gras, Morse and his wife drove into New Orleans. Mrs. Morse alighted at a restaurant, and Mr. 'Morse took the car to defendant’s parking garage, where Morse turned the car over to an attendant.

The automobile was a station wagon.…