HECHT CO. v. LEITE

No. 1362.

99 A.2d 87 (1953)

HECHT CO. v. LEITE.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dexter M. Kohn, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Howard J. McGrath, Washington, D. C., with whom H.G. Warburton, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Hecht Company, is the operator of a parking lot for hire. Plaintiff delivered her automobile to defendant's employees for parking and it was returned to her in a damaged condition. This suit was to recover the amount of the damage.

Plaintiff did not appear at the trial or testify, and no evidence was introduced in her behalf, but the parties stipulated that there had been a bailment of plaintiff's automobile, that the automobile...

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