Legal Opinion
Jacobson v. Richards & Hassen Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 4, 1949No. 135, Docket 21136PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents questions relating to the liability of the operator of a check room in a New York City restaurant for the misdelivery of a fur coat accepted for safe keeping. Diversity is the basis of jurisdiction. After trial by court the check room operator was held liable for the full value of the coat and has appealed from the judgment entered. D.C., 80 F.Supp. 917.
The court found upon ample evidence that the appellant, Richards, & Hassen Enterprises, Inc., to be hereinafter called the concessionaire, had purchased for a valuable consideration from Belplaza…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Saugerties Bank v. . Delaware Hudson Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Dalton v. Hamilton Hotel Operating Co., Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Kowing v. . ManlyNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Baer v. SlaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Sonn v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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3Cited by6 opinions
- D'ALOISIO v. Morton's Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Wagner Fur, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Fuller v. I. Magnin & Co.California Court of Appeal · 1951
- Aldrich v. Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Inc.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1973
- Quinto v. Millwood Forest Products, Inc.Idaho Court of Appeals · 1997
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