Lockwood v. Manhattan Storage & Warehouse Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, New York county. Action by Emma M. Lockwood against the Manhattan Storage & Warehouse Company. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, plaintiff appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
The defendant was a corporation organized for the purpose of carrying on the business and operation of owning, constructing, maintaining, using, and operating a warehouse or warehouses for the general purpose of storage and safe-keeping of merchandise, furniture, and other household effects, and any and all other goods and chattels. In addition to its business of general storage, the defendant had, at one of its warehouses, a place set apart and used as safe-deposit vaults, in which were separate safe-deposit boxes or safes. These separate boxes or safes were rented to customers for the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Claflin v. . MeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Roberts v. Stuyvesant Safe Deposit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
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- Reading Trust Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
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