Legal Opinion

Verkamp Corp. v. St. Matthews Gas & Electric Shop, Inc.

District Court, W.D. Kentucky

Decided September 19, 1952No. Civ. No. 2163PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SPIELBOURNE, Chief Judge.

The complaint filed by the Verkamp Corporation July 12, 1951, seeks recovery from the defendant St. Matthews Gas & Electric Shop, Inc., of (1) $5,185, the alleged reasonable value of 305 propane gas cylinders belonging to plaintiff and allegedly wrongfully withheld from it by the defendant; (2) the *250sum of $10,014.42, as damage for the wrongful retention of the cylinders and, (3) the further sum of two cents a day per cylinder from June 1, 1951 “on all cylinders not heretofore returned to complainant until the same are returned.”

The case was tried to the Court without…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pressed Steel Car Co. v. Eastern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
  2. Ramsey v. Deepwater Oil Refineries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. St. Matthews Gas & Electric Shop, Inc. v. The Verkamp Corporation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953

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