Ramaley v. . Leland
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the New York Superior Court. The plaintiff brought his action in the Superior Court of the city of New York, against the defendants, as innkeepers, to recover the value of property lost by him while a guest at their inn.
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Appeal from the New York Superior Court. The plaintiff brought his action in the Superior Court of the city of New York, against the defendants, as innkeepers, to recover the value of property lost by him while a guest at their inn. The plaintiff, in April, 1867, became a guest at the inn kept by the defendants in the city of New York, the “Metropolitan Hotel,” and, on retiring to his room for the night, as he says, and the jury have found, locked the door of his room, and placed his watch and money under his pillow, both of which-were stolen during the night. The money was fifty dollars. The…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The plaintiff’s claim, was for the value of a gold watch, with the chain, seal and key attached, found to be worth $353, and fifty dollars in money, stolen from his room, at the defendants’ hotel, during the night of April 9, 1867, and the recovery was for the money as well as the watch. The defendants were exonerated from liability for the money, if they had provided a safe in the office of the hotel for the safe keeping of money, jewels and ornaments, and a notice stating the fact was conspicuously posted in the room occupied by the plaintiff. (Laws of 1855, chap. 421; Hyatt v. Taylor, 42…
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