GARDNER v. JONATHAN CLUB

Docket No. L.A. 21327.

35 Cal.2d 343 (1950)

217 P.2d 961

BEVERLY GARDNER, Appellant, v. JONATHAN CLUB (a Corporation), Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murchison & Myers, R. Bruce Marchison, John B. Myers and Claude B. Cumming for Appellant.

Fulcher & Wynn, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, P.C. Sterry and C.G. Wynn for Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiff, as assignee of Lambert H. Polderman, brought this action to recover $5,500 allegedly contained in an envelope delivered to defendant for safekeeping and not returned on demand. Defendant moved for summary judgment for plaintiff in the amount of $250 on the ground that its liability was limited to that amount by Civil Code sections 1840, 1859, and 1860.* The motion was granted...

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