Laurens v. Jenney's, Inc.

OPINION

By HILDEBRANT, P. J.

Action for damages for the value of a fur coat bailed to defendant by the plaintiff for summer storage. The defendant offered no evidence and the court instructed the jury to return a verdict limiting liability to the valuation of $100.00, fixed by plaintiff in the storage receipt. Plaintiff claims to be entitled to recover the entire value and appeals on questions of law.

Plaintiff claims the action to be one for a conversion of the coat by defendant and that the court erred in instructing a verdict for the limited liability — First, because under the facts such…