Tyner & Blackmon v. Fryer Truck & Tractor Co.

The controlling question in this case is whether the relationship of bailor and bailee existed between the plaintiff and the defendant at the time the plaintiff’s funeral car was wrecked and damaged. “A bailment is a delivery of goods or property for the execution of a special object, beneficial to the bailor or bailee, or both; and upon a contract, express or implied, to carry out this object and dispose of the property in conformity with the purpose of the trust.” Code, § 12-101. Bruce Gilbert, a driver for the plaintiff, testified: “I took the *398funeral car [upon order from the plaintiff]…