Nathan v. Tremont Storage Warehouse, Inc.

This is an action of contract to recover for the loss of furniture by fire at the defendant’s warehouse. The plaintiff had a verdict. The case is here upon a single exception which was based upon a denial of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.

The plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendant whereby he entrusted his furniture to it to be kept in a particular room on the fifth floor of its warehouse. The plaintiff was entitled to have his property protected by the security and safety which the place selected afforded to his property, and to have the risk continue unchanged so…