Dajkovich v. Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corp.

In July, 1940, plaintiff deposited fifteen pieces of baggage with defendant’s hotel. She was about to leave for Europe and made an arrangement with a clerk of defendant to leave the baggage for safekeeping until her return. Plaintiff was not at that time a guest of the hotel, but was waiting for a vacancy, when she intended to move in. She was called to Europe by her mother’s illness. The war intervened, and plaintiff was still in Europe in January, 1946, when the hotel sold the baggage as unclaimed. In fact, plaintiff did not return until 1947. The sale was pursuant to the provisions of…