K-B Corp. v. Gallagher

In this action ex contractu against an employer, arising from the theft of an employee’s tools from the employer’s premises, we consider the subject of bailments, and a matter of procedure in courts not of record.

Plaintiff Edward Gallagher sued K-B Corporation, t/a Central Motor Company, in the Alexandria General District Court by civil warrant in October of 1974 for $2,845.34 alleging “breach of bailment contract — theft of employee’s tools.” Central filed a written “Answer and Counterclaim” denying liability on the warrant and seeking recovery of $217.38 for plaintiff’s alleged breach of a…