Cody v. Miller

The petition alleges a contract of bailment of household goods delivered by the plaintiffs to the defendant for storage and safekeeping at a specified monthly rate; that such goods were to be returned to the plaintiffs upon demand; that plaintiffs made a demand on the defendant for redelivery of the goods and tendered the storage charges; and that defendant failed to comply, all to plaintiffs’ damage in the sum of $3,000.

The answer admits that plaintiffs stored certain household goods with the defendant and that the defendant was unable to return the goods because they were destroyed by fire…