Gonch v. Republic Storage Co., Inc.

In. the spring of 1922 plaintiff purchased thirty barrels of whisky in France and caused them to be sent to New York for the declared purpose of transhipment to Mexico. They arrived at New York in June and were stored in defendant’s warehouse. Some time between June and September, twenty-seven of the barrels disappared and a judgment for failure to exercise reasonable care as bailee was entered against defendant. This judgment has been unanimously affirmed and, by permission of this court, the appeal is taken.

Plaintiff suffered no injury to a lawful property right and, therefore, is entitled…