Legal Opinion
Epp v. Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp.
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided May 26, 1939PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEder, J.
Plaintiff sues defendant, a hotelkeeper, to recover for the loss of money and personal property stolen from her room while a guest of the defendant. Defendant provided safekeeping facilities for the money and valuables of its guests and so notified them by posting notice to that effect, conspicuously, in the public rooms and public parlors of the hotel. It did not post such a notice, however, in a “ conspicuous place and manner in the office * * * of such hotel,” but on every registration card signed by a guest, *339when registering, there was printed thereon a statement that such safekeeping…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hulett v. . SwiftNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Millhiser v. Beau Site Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Briggs v. ToddAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1899
- Lanier v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Davidson v. Madison Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Moody v. Winchester Management Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Federal Insurance v. Waldorf-Astoria HotelCivil Court of the City of New York · 1969
- DePaemelaere v. DavisCivil Court of the City of New York · 1973
- Kimberly-Clark Corp. v. Lake Erie WarehouseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- Latini v. Loews Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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