CARLTON v. BEACON HOTEL CORP.


3 A.D.2d 28 (1956)

Dora Carlton, Respondent, v. Beacon Hotel Corporation. Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Barshay of counsel (Alfred H. Hetkin and Herman Jervis with him on the brief; Hetkin, Jervis & Hetkin, attorneys), for appellant.

Paul D. Compton of counsel (Eugene Wollan with him on the brief; Rein, Mound & Cotton, attorneys), for respondent.

PECK, P. J., BOTEIN, RABIN and COX, JJ., concur.


BREITEL, J.

Plaintiff, a guest of the defendant hotel, brought this action to recover for the loss of a package of jewelry and a package of foreign currency which she had deposited for safekeeping with the defendant's desk clerk. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered after a jury verdict in the amount of $10,000 in the plaintiff's favor. The judgment should be modified to limit the plaintiff's recovery to ...

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