Stewart v. Naud
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and from an order denying a new trial. Lucien Shaw, Judge. The household goods in controversy were sold at auction by the defendant for seventy-five dollars, to pay storage charges of nineteen dollars and fifty cents. The plaintiff recovered six hundred dollars, with interest and costs, for the conversion thereof. Further facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNES, C.
Defendant conducted the business of a warehouseman in the city of Los Angeles. Some time prior to August 9, 1895, the plaintiff stored in defendant’s warehouse fourteen boxes described as containing household goods, which, as shown by the testimony of the plaintiff, were packed in April, 1892, in Canada, and shipped to Los Angeles. In July, 1895, plaintiff paid the freight charges and storage up to August 9, 1895, and defendant gave him a warehouse receipt for said goods bearing said date, in which the subsequent storage charges were fixed at one dollar and fifty cents per month. On…
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