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Plaintiffs were the owners of certain furniture and furnishings which included an Italian statue which they wished to store for a time with the defendant and thereafter transport to a ranch located approximately one hundred miles from the place where plaintiffs were then residing. Both at the time the property was transported from the residence of the plaintiffs to the warehouse of the defendant, as well as after the property had been delivered at the warehouse, the plaintiffs directed the attention of the employees of the defendant who were in charge of that particular business to the statue and urged that more than ordinary care be taken in packing it for shipment to the plaintiffs’ ranch, and were uniformly assured by such employees in effect that they understood their business and that the statue would be properly packed for such transportation. After the packing had been done by the defendant and the statue had been transported to the ranch, it was discovered that it had been broken and thereby greatly damaged. The trial court found that the damage was caused by the negligence of the defendant in improperly and carelessly packing the statue, and rendered judgment in favor of…