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Metzger v. Schnabel

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided June 15, 1898PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of Hew York, borough of Manhattan, seventh district, rendered by the justice, without a jury, in favor of the defendant.

1Per curiam

The plaintiff brought this action to recover the value of some wearing apparel, which disappeared, during the absence of the plaintiff, and without any negligence on his part, in a manner unexplained, from a room in the defendant’s hotel, which the plaintiff rented of defendant.- At the conclusion of the defendant’s testimony, the trial justice dismissed the complaint. The pleadings -are in writing, and the allegation in the complaint that the premises, in which the plaintiff rented the room, is" a duly licensed- hotel or inn, is not. denied by the answer. Furthermore, the witnesses called by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hancock v. . RandNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  2. Shoecraft v. BaileySupreme Court of Iowa · 1868

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Langford v. RogersMichigan Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Crapo v. RockwellNew York Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Hart v. Mills Hotel TrustCity of New York Municipal Court · 1932
  4. Kieffer v. KeoughCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
  5. In re Brewster, New York County Courts1903

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