Levy v. Pike, Brother & Co.

The plaintiff, a money broker of the city of New Orleans, sues the defendants, who are engaged in a banking business, for $7504 54, the value of the contents of a tin box deposited by *631plaintiff with the defendants for safe keeping, which was stolen by thieves on thirteenth day of December, 1869, and for the further sum of $400, the reward paid to recover a portion of the contents of said box, not included in the above estimate of loss, and also $100 costs of advertising the robbery. The plaintiff alleges that this loss was occasioned by the negligence and want of care of the defendants, the…