BLACK BERET LOUNGE & RESTAURANT v. MEISNERE

No. 8933.

336 A.2d 532 (1975)

BLACK BERET LOUNGE & RESTAURANT, Appellant, v. Arthur S. MEISNERE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Cefaratti, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

No brief was filed on behalf of appellee.

Before NEBEKER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges, and HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellee won a judgment in the amount of $90 in the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch for the loss of his coat at appellant-restaurant. The trial judge based his award on a determination that a bailment of the coat had occurred. We granted appellant's application for allowance of appeal to review that conclusion. We reverse.

The record reveals that appellee hung his coat in an unattended cloakroom at the request of one of appellant...

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