KNOWLES v. GILCHRIST CO.


362 Mass. 642 (1972)

289 N.E.2d 879

MARY E. KNOWLES vs. GILCHRIST COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Cotter, III (Paula W. Gold with him) for the plaintiff.

William G. Downey (Edwin R. Trafton with him) for the defendant Gilchrist Company.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


TAURO, C.J.

The plaintiff (bailor) in an action of tort and contract in the Municipal Court against the defendant Gilchrist Company (bailee) seeks to recover damages for loss of certain articles of furniture in the bailee's possession pursuant to an agreement by the bailee to reupholster and return furniture to the bailor. There was a finding for the bailor in the amount of $800.1 The bailee...

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