JACOBSON v. RICHARDS & HASSEN ENTERPRISES

No. 135, Docket 21136.

172 F.2d 464 (1949)

JACOBSON v. RICHARDS & HASSEN ENTERPRISES, Inc., et al.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

February 4, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert N. Bobrow and Curtis & Eberlein, all of New York City, for appellant.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (John M. Aherne and John L. Conners, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and SWAN and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


CHASE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents questions relating to the liability of the operator of a check room in a New York City restaurant for the misdelivery of a fur coat accepted for safe keeping. Diversity is the basis of jurisdiction. After trial by court the check room operator was held liable for the full value of the coat and has appealed from the judgment entered. D.C., 80 F.Supp. 917.

The court found upon ample...

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