Traub v. Blum

In July, 1938, Mrs. David Traub, then about to leave her home at Maplewood, N. J., for a visit to her husband at a hospital at New Haven, Conn., communicated her plans by telephone to her sister, the defendant Evelyn Blum. Mrs. Blum, who resided with her husband on a farm near Chester, N. J., said: “ Well, what about Susan? ” Susan was the ten-year-old daughter of the Traubs. Mrs. Traub replied: “ Well, I believe I am going to drop her off at her grandmother’s. It’s on my way to the train. But I am not sure yet.” Mrs. Blum then said: “Well, I would like to come and get her today and take her,…