LENN v. RICHE


331 Mass. 104 (1954)

117 N.E.2d 129

LOTTIE LENN vs. LOUIS R.J. RICHE, administrator.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 1, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gardner W. Russell, (Lewis M. Stillman with him,) for the defendant.

Thomas D. Burns & Lee M. Friedman, (Samuel Adams, 2d, with them,) for the plaintiff.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, RONAN, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


QUA, C.J.

This action, originally in contract or tort, is now prosecuted only on the first count, which we construe as a count in contract. Its object is to recover for the loss of a painting called "Madonna with the Christ Child and Little St. John" by Piero Di Cosimo (1462-1519 [1521?]) and for the loss of a number of Renaissance medallions, all of which the plaintiff claims were her property. The plaintiff is now a resident...

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