Hartzberg v. New York Central Railroad

This is an action brought by a firm of wholesale diamond dealers against a railroad carrier to recover the value of the contents of a jeweler’s sample trunk, allegedly lost through the negligence of the carrier. The suit, by stipulation, was tried without a jury and the parties waived findings of fact and conclusions of law.

At 6:20 p. m., on June 17,1941, the plaintiffs’ trunk was delivered by a local transfer company to the baggage room of the *131defendant’s railroad station at Detroit, Michigan. There was no disclosure to the baggage-room attendant, nor was there any inquiry by him, concerning…