Legal Opinion
Lazare Kaplan & Sons, Inc. v. Pensacola Hotel Co.
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided July 11, 1957No. Civ. A. Nos. 853, 854PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DE VANE, Chief Judge.
In the above captioned cases the legal questions and factual situations presented are identical, and for that reason, the -cases have been consolidated for hearing on the motions before the Court to dismiss each case. Both complaints are drawn in three counts and seek to recover the value of jewelry in sample cases deposited by agents of the plaintiffs, who were guests of the San Carlos Hotel, in the vault of the hotel operated by defendant and stolen therefrom by unknown persons. The three counts are based on (1) common-law bailment, (2) negligence, and (3) allegation of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Therrell v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1936
- Ely v. Charellen Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Dick-Cleland v. 800 Washington Ave., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- State Ex Rel. Thomas v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
3Cited by5 opinions
- Garner v. Margery Lane, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970
- Kalpakian v. Oklahoma Sheraton Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Lazare Kaplan & Sons, Inc. v. Pensacola Hotel Company, S. Lesse & Sons, Inc. v. Pensacola Hotel CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Cole v. CarmellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
- Kalpakian v. Oklahoma Sheraton CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968