Priester v. Judkins

George J. Priester sued Hubert G. Judkins for $302.50 damages to a rented airplane and $20.96 as rental therefor. A trial without a jury resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $20.96. Plaintiff, appealing, asks that judgment he given in his favor for $323.46.

The plaintiff operates an airplane service and hangar at the Elmhurst airport. On June 29, 1953 the defendant, a licensed pilot, rented a Piper Clipper Airplane from the plaintiff. He intended to fly it to Kewanee, Illinois, and return. Defendant had informed his cousin, an optometrist living near Lafayette, Illinois, that…