Toston v. McCracken

SWOFFORD, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a money judgment entered on a jury verdict for $2,945.00 in favor of respondent (plaintiff) and against the appellants (defendants). The judgment was for the value of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle which the plaintiff, as bailor, had left with the defendants, as bailees, for check-up and service at their place of business in Columbia, Missouri. The vehicle was stolen from the business establishment of the defendant and never recovered nor the thief or thieves apprehended. After an unavailing motion for a new trial, defendants appeal.

They raise…