Morse v. Homer's Inc.

The plaintiff brought an action in contract or tort in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston seeking to recover the value of a ring entrusted to the *607defendant, a corporation which is engaged in the retail jewelry business with its place of business on Tremont Street in Boston. The trial judge found for the plaintiff on a count in tort and reported “rulings and refusals to rule as requested” to the Appellate Division where an order was entered dismissing the report.

The defendant filed the following requests for rulings:

“1. If the defendant received the ring as a bailee for hire, then,…