Paterno v. Kennedy Cleaner, Inc.

Plaintiff sues for the alleged value of three suits of clothes which were delivered to defendant, a corporation engaged in the clothes cleaning and pressing business in New Orleans, and which suits defendant admits having received and having failed to return to plaintiff.

Defendant seeks to avoid responsibility for the value of the articles, and alleges that, during the night, while the cleaning establishment was securely closed and locked, it was broken into by some unknown person or persons, who stole the suits in question, together with many other articles of clothing.

The parties agree that…