Simms v. Midtown Motor Inn Corp.

This is an action of tort or -contract in which the plaintiff seeks to recover for the loss of his motor vehicle stolen from the defendant’s parking garage.

At the trial there was evidence tending to show that:

The defendant operated a motor inn or motor hotel with an adjoining parking garage facility to accommodate his guests. The plaintiff’s wife and family were on vacation in Massachusetts and she was operating the motor vehicle, with his permission, when she registered at the defendant’s Motor Inn on August 10, 1968, parked her car in the defendant’s garage, secured the same, locked it and…