Pattison v. Hammerstein
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff rendered by the District Court in the city of New York for the eleventh judicial district. Action by a patron of the defendant’s theatre to recover damages for the loss of an overcoat, the same having been eloigned'from the plaintiff’s box, by some person unknown, pending the performance of the play.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
On November 25, 1895, the plaintiff purchased, and with a party of friends occupied one of a row of boxes in the second tier, to witness the play at the defendant’s theatre “ Olympia.” Ingress to and egress from- the box was through an opening into a passageway in the rear of the row of boxes, and the interior of the plaintiff’s box was screened from view without by a curtain or portiere which was hung in the opening. The box, furthermore,' was furnished with hooks, which were fastened to the $ide of. the box, near the opening, and intended for use in the care of such apparel as the patrons…
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