McCrorken v. Spiegel

The plaintiff instituted the action below in conversion. It appears that she delivered to the defendant Brauner a lady’s *497coat for the purpose of having it cleaned. Brauner turned the coat over to Spiegel who conducted a cleaning and dyeing establishment in Queens. The coat was never returned to her and so she commenced action against both defendants. Brauner testified as a witness in her behalf, urging that the coat was never returned to him by Spiegel. In behalf of the latter the proofs were that every garment which Brauner had delivered to Spiegel had been duly returned. The trial court…