Schneps v. Sturm
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, rendered in the Municipal Court of the city of Yew York, borough of Manhattan, fifth district.
1Opinion of the CourtBeekman, P. J.
The plaintiff sues to recover the value of a watch and chain, a diamond ring and some $55 in money, which he alleges were stolen from his clothes in the defendant’s bathing establishment while he was in the bath, and he charges the defendant with negligence in omitting to exercise proper care for the protection of his property.
Doubtless there did rest upon the defendant the duty of showing some degree of care in the matter, measured by what a person of ordinary care would do under similar circumstances and conditions. Bird v. Everard, 4 Misc. Rep. 104. What that might be is ordinarily a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bird v. EverardNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1893
3Cited by2 opinions
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