Safe Deposit Co. v. Pollock
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1877, No. 194. Case by A. M. Pollock, against the Safe Deposit Company of Pittsburgh, to recover the value of four United States bonds, which plaintiff alleged were lost through the negligence of defendant. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1877, No. 194. Case by A. M. Pollock, against the Safe Deposit Company of Pittsburgh, to recover the value of four United States bonds, which plaintiff alleged were lost through the negligence of defendant. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. At the trial, before Collier, J., the defendant requested the court to charge the jury that the burthen of proving the negligence, which the plaintiff charges against the defendant, is upon the plaintiff]; and the evidence, that upon January…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This action was brought against the plaintiff in error to recover for the loss of some government bonds. Its general business is indicated by its name. It took two classes of risks; in one class it became the absolute guarantor of the safety of the deposit; in the other its liability was qualified. and restricted. The present case arose under the latter class. The defendant in error rented a safe in the burglar-proof vault of the company, subject, inter alia, to the following rules and regulations:
“ Whenever a party rents a safe, and deposits therein at pleasure, contents not being made known…
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