National Cash Register Co. v. Caillias
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Sixth District. Action by the National Cash Register Company against Frederic C. Caillias. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtMacLEAN, J.
The defendant hired from the plaintiff a cash register for the summer season of 1902, from June 26 to September 26, 1902, at Coney Island, and agreed in writing to hold himself responsible to the plaintiff in the sum of $100 for its safe custody, and for its safe and peaceable return. He did not return it, and when its return was demanded from him he said he could not, as he did not know where it was. As he testified, he had left Coney Island on September 5th. Then the cash register was in the kitchen. Later it could not be found. Just when it disappeared from the premises was not shown. Some…
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