MANHATTAN STORAGE & TRANSFER CO. v. DAVIS

No. 1658.

117 A.2d 120 (1955)

MANHATTAN STORAGE & TRANSFER CO., Inc., a corporation, Appellant, v. Lora DAVIS and Boston Insurance Company, a corporation, and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., a corporation, Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 14, 1955.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Kasloff, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

J. E. Bindeman, Washington, D. C., with whom Theodore Kligman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Lora Davis.

James A. Willey, Washington, D. C., James A. Crooks, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee Boston Ins. Co.

Thomas S. Jackson, Washington, D. C., with whom Louis M. Denit, Martin R. Fain, and Richard A. Bishop, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellee Davis contracted with the Manhattan Storage & Transfer Co., Inc., appellant herein, in September 1951 for the storage of certain household furniture and personal effects. After requesting their return in November 1953 she discovered many items were missing and others damaged. She then filed suit for damages. Appellant admitted the existence of the contract and conceded that when the property was returned certain items were missing...

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