Black Beret Lounge & Restaurant v. Meisnere

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellee won a judgment in the amount of $90 in the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch for the loss of his coat at appellant-restaurant. The trial judge based his award on a determination that a bailment of the coat had occurred. We granted appellant’s application for allowance of appeal to review that conclusion. We reverse.

The record reveals that appellee hung his coat in an unattended cloakroom at the request of one of appellant’s waitresses. Appellant made no charge for the use of this cloakroom and gave no claim check to appellee. A notice was posted in…