Honig v. Riley

Spiegelberg, J.:

This action was brought to recover the value of a fur coat. The defendant maintains a restaurant in the city of New York. The *810plaintiff with a party of friends were guests at his restaurant on New Year’s Eve of 1924. The plaintiff deposited her fur coat in one of the cloak rooms of the restaurant. When she called for it on the morning of January 1, 1925, it could not be found. This action is brought upon the theory that the coat was lost through the negligence of the defendant in not properly taking care of the plaintiff’s property. The jury brought in a verdict for the…