Colburn v. Washington State Art Ass'n

The plaintiff seeks recovery of damages re sulting from the loss of certain of his goods by theft while they were on exhibition in the defendant’s museum among curios and works of art belonging to it and others. The plaintiff’s claim seems to be principally rested upon the theory that his goods were in the possession of the defendant as a mere loan for its sole benefit under an agreement by it to return them, amounting to a guaranty to make such return, and that, in any event, the defendant’s negligence was the cause of the loss of the goods, rendering it liable for their value if it be held…