Blume v. Evans Fur Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Whether a limitation of liability in a contract of bailment is binding upon an insurer who is not a party to the contract, is the principal question in this appeal.

The Evans Fur Company (Evans) stored a black mink coat owned by Mary G. Blume (Blume) and subsequently lost it. The “fur-call” receipt issued by Evans to Blume and signed by her stated the value of the coat at $300 and in a further provision limited Evans’ liability “for any reason whatsoever” to $100 “except as otherwise specifically provided.” Blume testified that the…