Reinhart & Donovan Co. v. Dunlap

Plaintiff brought this action against defendant, Reinhart & Donovan Company, a corporation, operating the Auto Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to recover damages for the reasonable cost necessary to repair his 1942 model Oldsmobile automobile, alleged to have resulted from defendant’s negligence; and for a further amount for loss of use while defendant was repairing same.

Plaintiff alleged that while the car was stored in the Auto Hotel on January 12, 1946, defendant, acting by and through its agents and employees, negligently permitted the vehicle to fall into an open elevator shaft,…