Siegman v. Keeler
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from seventh district court. Action by Richard Siegman against Sarah W. Keeler. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
Plaintiff sued to recover damages which he claimed had resulted to him and his assignor from the loss of certain wearing apparel while they were patrons of defendant’s boarding house. It was conceded that the property had been purloined from plaintiff’s room, but it was contended that defendant could have prevented loss by the exercise of due care, which she had omitted. The action was tried by the justice without a jury, and resulted in a judgment for plaintiff. The complaint was oral, but it appears from the justice’s return and the proceedings on the trial that it was founded upon an…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Claflin v. . MeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Ernst v. . Hudson River Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Cosulich v. Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Turner v. . KouwenhovenNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Romeyn v. SicklesNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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- McLoughlin v. New York Lighterage & Transportation Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
- Curtis v. Saddlery Hardware Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
- Siegman v. KeelerNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1893
- Herter v. DwyerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1911
- Mahr v. VaughanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
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