Cahil v. Phelps

Apr 3, 1908
Reporters:
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Before:
Morton
Morton, J.

There was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff had such possession ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍of the premises where the goods were stored that she could and did give the defendant the right to store the goods there, and that the ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍defendant promised to pay her for such storage. The weight of the evidence was for the jury. There being evidence which, if believed, warranted a verdict ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍for the plaintiff, the court properly refused to direct a verdict for the defendant as requested by her.

The letters were rightly admitted as tending to ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍show knowledge on the defendant’s part of the circumstances under which the goods were removed by the plaintiff to the storage warehouse, and as thereby tending ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍to show a liability on her part for the expense of removal.

Exceptions overruled.