Hackett v. Bell Operating Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.,:
The plaintiff occupied a suite of rooms in the Hotel Nether-land, located at Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street in the borough of Manhattan. During his absence for two or three days from those rooms, certain tennis trophies that he had won in various tournaments were stolen from his room by some person unknown either to the plaintiff or defendant. The agreed value of these trophies is $940. For that amount the plaintiff asks judgment against the defendant, which was operating said hotel, claiming liability therefor on account of the duty claimed to be owing to him as the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hancock v. . RandNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Crapo v. RockwellNew York Supreme Court · 1905
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