J. W. Mays, Inc. v. Hertz Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtBreitel, J.
Defendant Hertz, a renter of trucks which it also stores on a parking lot, appeals from an order directing a verdict in favor of plaintiff and from a judgment entered on such verdict in the amount of $12,419.70. Plaintiff operates a department store with three branches. It sued to recover the value of its merchandise stolen from a truck it had rented from Hertz.
For a period of over two years plaintiff rented a truck from Hertz and each night parked the truck on Hertz’s parking lot. (The truck rental agreement referred to garage storage space *106and garage services. At least one witness referred…
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