Bunnell v. Stern
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from a judgment of the District Court in the City of New York for the Seventh Judicial District. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bookstaver, J. —
The action was brought to recover the value of a cloak, lost by plaintiff while shopping in defendants’ store. She had gone into the store for the purpose of buying a cloak or wrap. After looking at several in the department where they were, she took hers off, to try on one she had selected, but feeling a draft there, she was shown into another department, plaintiff carrying her own cloak, and the clerk, the new garment. When in the other department plaintiff placed hers on a counter intended for *358the exhibition and sale of goods. At the time, a clerk was behind this counter,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- First Nat. Bank v. . Ocean Nat. BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Carpenter v. TaylorNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1856
- Gastenhofer v. ClairNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1881
- Rea v. SimmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886