Markoe v. Tiffany & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Tiffany & Co., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of April, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from ail order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6tli day of April, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The plaintiff deposited with the defendant for safe-keeping a trunk which contained silverware and other articles of value, for the storage and insurance of which the plaintiff was to pay a premium or charge, the amount of which was fixed at thirty-six dollars per year. The defendant issued to her a receipt acknowledging the receipt of the trunk, contents unknown, left with it for safe-keeping, and to be redelivered on surrender of the receipt. By that receipt the defendant also agreed- to insure the plaintiff, her executors, administrators or assigns, to the amount of $3,000…
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