Huie v. Besser

This is an action of tort for conversion of a suitcase and its contents. The plaintiff duly claimed an exception to the action of the trial judge in directing a verdict for the defendant. The bill of exceptions recites verbatim unusually incoherent testimony from which, however, the following facts could be found. One Foreman, injured in an accident, was in the Boston City Hospital for a period in November, 1952. The plaintiff and the defendant each visited Foreman in the hospital. Foreman asked the defendant to take care of a suitcase (not shown to have been then at the hospital). The…