B. A. BALLOU & CO. v. CITYTRUST

(14178)

218 Conn. 749 (1991)

B. A. BALLOU AND COMPANY, INC. v. CITYTRUST

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Buturla, for the appellant (defendant).

Samuel B. Feldman, with whom, on the brief, was Donna M. Case-Rossato, for the appellee (plaintiff).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, CALLAHAN, GLASS and COVELLO, JS.


COVELLO, J.

This is an action in conversion. The plaintiff, B. A. Ballou and Company, Inc., alleges that the defendant, Citytrust, wrongfully appropriated the plaintiff's scrap metal while it was in the possession of a third party, Bridgeport Rolling Mills Company. The issues on appeal are: (1) who has the burden of proving whether a bailment exists; (2) whether under the circumstances presented a bailment existed; and (3) whether damages for conversion were properly...

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