Rosenplaenter v. . Roessle
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas, for the city and county, of Hew York, affirming a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff upon" the report of a referee.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas, for the city and county, of Hew York, affirming a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff upon" the report of a referee. This action was brought against the defendants, innkeepers, to recover the value of certain articles stolen from the plaintiff’s trunk, in the Delavan House, in the city of Albany, while the plaintiff was a guest at said hotel (the defendants then being proprietors and keepers thereof), under the following circumstances: On July 28th, 1863, the plaintiff, with her husband, en route from Trenton Falls to…
1Opinion of the Court
Earl, C.
The articles stolen from the plaintiff’s trunk consisted of jewelry and ornaments, which she had with her , for use at places of summer resort, which she seems to have been engaged in visiting. She was a guest at defendants’. hotel, and it is not disputed that - by the common law they were liable for the loss of them. But they claim exemption from liability by virtue of chapter 421 of the Laws of 1855, an act to regulate the liability of hotel keepers, they having provided a safe and posted the notice required by the act. The sole question for us to determine is, whether under the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Bendetson v. . FrenchNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Hyatt v. TaylorNew York Supreme Court · 1868
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