Tacoma Auto Livery Co. v. Union Motor Car Co.

Citations

• 87 Wash. 102
• 151 P. 243
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 1060

Syllabus

<p>Bailment—Liability fob Theft — Duty of Bailee — Diligence. Where an automobile was stolen from a bailee, a garage company receiving it for washing, early on Monday morning, and its trail picked up about 9:30 the same morning, the bailee did not fulfill its duty to use reasonable diligence to recover the car, where it delayed for two days in starting a pursuit which the evidence showed would have been successful had it been diligently started.</p> <p>Damages—Excessive Damages—Loss of Personal Property. In trover for the conversion of an automobile that had cost $2,443 and had been run only a short time, a verdict for $2,400 is not excessive.</p>