Webster v. Lane

The plaintiff removed her fur coat in the reception room of defendant, a dentist, and left it there while she was undergoing treatment. On returning to the reception room later her coat could not be found. While the plaintiff was in the dentist’s chair her coat was not visible, and it is evident that she could not be said to have continued to keep it in her possession as in Wentworth v. Biggs (159 App. Div. 899) or in Apfel v. Whyte’s, Inc. (110 Misc. 670). In fact, the existence of the reception room and the absence of any closet or other appropriate place to deposit wraps indicated that…