HOFFMAN v. LOUIS D. MILLER & CO.

Ex. No. 9561.

115 A.2d 689 (1955)

Rosalie K. HOFFMAN v. LOUIS D. MILLER & CO., Inc.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fergus J. McOsker, for plaintiff.

James D. Thornton, Jr., M. Walter Flynn, for defendant.


CONDON, Justice.

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence to recover $1,800, that sum being the value of a diamond ring which the plaintiff deposited with the defendant for safekeeping while she was a guest at its hotel. At the conclusion of the evidence in the superior court the trial justice directed a verdict for the plaintiff but only in the sum of $500, on the ground that general laws 1938, chapter 480...

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