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BACHMAN CHOC. MFG. CO. v. LEHIGH WRHSE. & TRANSP. CO.

1 N.J. 239 (1949)

62 A.2d 806

BACHMAN CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. LEHIGH WAREHOUSE AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 3, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles S. Barrett, Jr., argued the cause for the defendant-appellant (Messrs. Lum, Fairlie & Foster, attorneys).

Mr. Francis W. Hayden argued the cause for the plaintiff-respondent (Messrs. Crummy & Consodine, attorneys).

The opinion of the court was delivered by BURLING, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the former Supreme Court upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant. The gravamen of the complaint was the failure of the defendant, a warehouseman, to meet the obligation arising out of the contract of bailment, resulting in damage to bags of cocoa beans stored by the plaintiff. The defendant denied negligence and further affirmatively...

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