Veihelmann v. Manufacturers Safe Deposit Co.

This is an action by the plaintiff to recover $10,000 which allegedly disappeared from her safe deposit box in the vault of the defendant, Manufacturers Safe Deposit Company.

The plaintiff rented a safe deposit box in a vault operated by the defendant in its branch at Second Avenue and 116th Street in what appears to have been a customary transaction. The rental is evidenced by a written memorandum signed by the plaintiff and defendant. This rúemorandum sets forth, among other things, the rental charge, subjects the plaintiff to the rules and regulations of the defendant in usina: and…