UNITED STATES FIRE INS. CO. v. MADESCO INV. CORP.

No. 39434.

573 S.W.2d 442 (1978)

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO., Respondent, v. MADESCO INVESTMENT CORPORATION, Defendant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Three.

October 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Portman & Portman, Paul F. Black, Greg S. Kessler, St. Louis, for defendant.

Daniel J. McMichael, Fitzsimmons & Fitzsimmons, Inc., Clayton, for respondent.


CLEMENS, Judge.

This bailment case arose from the theft of an insured automobile while in the custody of defendant-bailee, operator of a parking lot. Plaintiff-insurer paid the owner for his loss and sued as his subrogee, alleging defendant had negligently permitted the theft. A jury so found and defendant has appealed from the ensuing $9,000 judgment.

Plaintiff's insured parked his car in defendant's lot at Fourth and Delmar in downtown St. Louis. The lot...

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