Legal Opinion
Crosby v. 20 Fifth Avenue Hotel Co.
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided March 3, 1939PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhalen, J.
Plaintiff was a guest at a hotel operated by one of the defendants. On July 29, 1932, he paid his bill in full and departed, leaving two trunks in storage at the hotel and receiving two checks or receipts. No charge was made for storage. On November 11,1934, he returned to the hotel, stated to the desk clerk that he had lost his billfold containing the two trunk checks and received two new checks to replace those lost. These were received in evidence as plaintiff’s exhibits and read as follows:
*596(Front)
“ Trunk Room Stub
“ Hotel New Weston 34 East 50th Street New York
“ No. 4412
“ Date Rec’d “…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Grace v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Blossom v. . DoddNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Riley & Co. v. London Guaranty & Accident Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
- Dalton v. Hamilton Hotel Operating Co., Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Galowitz v. MagnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Swarth v. Barney's Clothes, Inc.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1963
- Salisbury v. St. Regis-Sheraton Hotel Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Morgan & Bros. v. McGuireNew York Supreme Court · 1982
- Voorhis v. Consolidated Rail Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983