Gilson v. Pennsylvania Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trengxiard, J.

This was an action brought to recover the value of an overcoat which disappeaied after plaintiff had hung it upon a hook a few feet from where lie had seated himself in defendant’s restaurant. At the trial it appeared that the defendant’s restaurant is at its terminal in Jersey City, and is of the “quick lunch” type, H. is about sixty feel long by about forty feet wide. It consists of a. counter in the centre of the room, somewhat in the shape of a horseshoe, around which on the outside are provided stationary stools on which patrons may…