Phillips Brothers, Division of Engelhard Mineral & Chemical Co., and Derby & Co., Inc. v. Locust Industries, Inc.

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, Phillips Brothers and Derby, appeal from the granting of motions for summary judgment by defendant, Locust Industries, Inc. Locust Industries is a warehouseman which acted as a bailee for two separate shipments of nickel owned by plaintiffs. Plaintiffs brought this action for negligence, breach of contract, and conversion after Locust discovered that portions of each shipment had been stolen. The trial judge granted Locust’s motions for summary judgment on all three causes of action. We affirm.

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Plaintiffs were the bailors of 268 pallets of nickel briquettes…