Ross v. Kirkeby Hotels, Inc.

The plaintiffs, husband and wife, recovered below against the defendant, the operator of the Hotel Warwick, in the city of New York, the full value of their luggage and wearing apparel stolen from the husband’s automobile. The plaintiffs were to be married at the Warwick on the day of the theft, the arrangements for the ceremony and the reception to follow at the hotel having been made by the bride’s mother. The husband, accompanied by his brother, arrived at the hotel in his car the morning of his wedding day.

The trial court was justified in finding on disputed evidence that the car was…