Friedman v. Breslin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James H. Breslin, from a judgment of ’ the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 9th day of November, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on tiie lltli day of October, 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, James H. Breslin, from a judgment of ’ the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 9th day of November, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on tiie lltli day of October, 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. Chapter 284 of the Laws of 1892, which is referred to in the opinion as amending chapter 227 of the Laws of 1883 and chapter 421 of the Laws of 1855, provides that a proprietor of a .hotel or inn who…
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J. :
• A review of this case discloses no sufficient reason for a reversal of the judgment or order appealed from.
Bertha Myers, plaintiffs assignor, about August 1, 1898, applied to the hotel conducted by the defendant for board, and thereafter became a guest at the hotel. She had some jewelry with her, which at various times she deposited in the office safe, until upon a certain occasion, when she was about to leave the hotel for a few hours, at the suggestion of the clerk, the jewelry was left in her trunk in her room, the keys of the room and of the trunk being left in the custody…
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