
    12663.
    Chatham Abattoir and Packing Company et al. v. Painter Engineering Company.
    Decided July 24, 1922.
    Action for damages; for city court of Savannah — Judge Rourke. June 15, 1921.
    
      Aaron Kravitch, John E. Schwarz, for plaintiff in error.
    
      Lewis A. Mills Jr., contra.
   Stephens, J.

1. The defendant, being a bailee for hire, was under a duty to the plaintiff, the bailor, to exercise ordinary care and diligence to preserve and safeguard the property bailed. Civil Code (1910), § 3488.

2. It being alleged in the petition that the property bailed was damaged by a negligent act of the bailee acting through its servant or agent, the petition alleged a cause of action and was good against a general demurrer. Judgment affirmed.

Jenkins, P. J., concurs.  