Cohen v. Henry Siegel Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract or tort for the loss of a fur coat entrusted to the defendant for cold storage. Writ dated December 4, 1912. The second count was for an alleged conversion of the coat.
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Contract or tort for the loss of a fur coat entrusted to the defendant for cold storage. Writ dated December 4, 1912. The second count was for an alleged conversion of the coat. The fourth count was as follows: “And the plaintiff further says that in consideration of the delivery by her to the defendant of certain valuable merchandise and in further consideration of the payment to the said defendant of a certain sum of money, the defendant undertook and agreed to receive, and did receive said merchandise, and did undertake to take due and proper care thereof; and the plaintiff avers that the…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
On the evidence before them the jury were warranted in finding the following to be the facts of the case. In April, 1912, the plaintiff called up the defendant on the telephone and asked it to send a wagon for a fur coat and muff of hers which she wished to have kept in cold storage. In consequence the defendant’s teamster called at the plaintiff’s house and took away the coat and muff. The defendant admitted that the coat and muff were delivered by the teamster to the person in charge of the department of its store in which furs were kept in cold storage. This was on April 23, 1912. In…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lindenbaum v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Smith v. First National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Willett v. RichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Childs v. American Express Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
3Cited by10 opinions
- Klar v. H. & M. Parcel Room, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946
- Bean v. Security Fur Storage Warehouse, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Shea v. American Hide & Leather Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Jones v. Great Northern Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1923
- D'Arcangelo v. TartarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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