Rubin v. Forwarders Auto Trucking Corp.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, second district, in favor of the plaintiffs, entered on the verdict of a jury directed by the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMullan, J.
The. claim of the plaintiffs, garage owners, for supplies and car storage furnished the defendant, the owner of an automobile truck, is admitted; and the issue here arises under the counterclaim. *377One evening, when the truck was brought into the garage by the defendant’s chauffeur, there were upon it five flasks of quicksilver, of the value of $500. The chauffeur, for the greater safety of this readily removable property, placed it, with plaintiffs’ consent, in the private office, notifying the custodian of the garage that he would take the truck out at five-thirty the next morning, which was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McKillop v. ReichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Wilson v. . Wyckoff, Church PartridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1911