Legal Opinion
Samelson v. Harper's Furs, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 9, 1957PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Shhlivah, C. J.
The plaintiff brought this action to hold the defendant liable as bailee for the loss of a valuable mink jacket owned by the plaintiff’s decedent during her lifetime. The amended complaint is in two counts, the first sounding in contract and the second in negligence. The court found for the defendant on the latter and for the plaintiff on the former. Although the jacket was reasonably worth more than $2100, damages were assessed at but $100, and the plaintiff has appealed.
In certain assignments of error, the plaintiff has attacked the finding, claiming that many facts were found by the court…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Coupland v. Housatonic R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
- Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. v. Town of StratfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
- Douglass v. HartSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Bucchi v. GleasonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
- Broderick v. TorkomianSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Collins v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Griffin v. Nationwide Moving & Storage Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Short Beach Cottage Owners Improvement Ass'n v. Town of StratfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
- D'ALOISIO v. Morton's Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- B. A. Ballou & Co. v. CitytrustSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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