Chamberlain v. West
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Henne-pin county, Lochren,. J., presiding, refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This action was brought to recover the value of a diamond scarf-pin, alleged to have been stolen from plaintiff’s room *55while a guest at the West Hotel. It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff was not the general owner of the pin, but that a year or two previous he had borrowed it from a friend, who, he says, “loaned it to him for ten years.” The plaintiff had a verdict for the full value of the property. The defendant’s contention is' — First, that plaintiff, being a mere gratuitous bailee, had no such interest in the property as would entitle him to recover; and, second, even if he…
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