Schiffman v. Narragansett Hotel Inc.

This is an action of the case for negligence to recover damages for the loss of a bag and the contents thereof which the plaintiffs’ agent deposited with the defendant for safekeeping while he was a guest at its hotel. The case was heard before a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury. At the conclusion thereof after finding that the defendant was negligent, that such negligence was a factor involving the loss of the bag and one of the causes of damage, and that the plaintiff .Klein was not guilty of contributory negligence, the trial justice rendered a decision for the…