Lockwood v. Manhattan Storage & Warehouse Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Emma M. Lockwood', from a judgment, of the Supreme. Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New. York on the 23d day of' February, 1897, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction .of the court after a trial before the court and a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
The defendant was a corporation organized for the purpose of’ carrying on the business and operations of owning, constructing, *69maintaining, using and operating a warehouse or warehouses for the general purposes of storage and safe-keeping of merchandise, furniture and other household effects, and any and all other goods and chattels. In addition to its business of general storage the defendant had at one of its warehouses a place set apart and used -as safe deposit vaults in which were separate safe deposit boxes or safes. These separate boxes or safes were rented to…
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