K.S.K. Jewelry Co., Inc., a New York Corporation v. Chicago Sheraton Corporation, an Illinois Corporation

CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

E.S.E. Jewelry Co., Inc., plaintiff-ap-pellee, brought this diversity action against Chicago Sheraton Corporation, defendant-appellant, operator of a Chicago, Illinois, hotel, to recover damages for the loss of two sample cases containing jewelry which plaintiff’s president-salesman, a guest at defendant’s hotel, delivered to defendant for safe keeping. The District Court, after trial without a jury, found and concluded that the loss or mis-delivery of the cases was the result of defendant’s negligence, that the fair market value of the cases and contents was $25,688.50,…