Hipps v. Hennig

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pringle.

Robert C. Hipps, d/b/a Bob Hipps Co., an appliance retailer, brings this writ of error to a judgment which denied his claim for damages resulting from the loss of his merchandise in a warehouse fire. The warehouse owners, Jack L. Hennig and Helen E. Hennig, d/b/a Mountain States Bonded Warehouse, appear here as the defendants in error, and will be referred to collectively as Hennig.

The record discloses that over a period of time in 1962 and 1963 Hipps stored appliances in Hennig’s warehouse. On October 24, 1963, the warehouse and Hipps’ appliances contained…