Case Name: William Buttman, Resp't, v. Alfred W. Dennett, App'lt
Court: New York Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-08-01
Citations: 61 N.Y. St. Rep. 89
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Buttman, Resp’t, v. Alfred W. Dennett, App’lt.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 61
Pages: 89–89

Head Matter:
William Buttman, Resp’t, v. Alfred W. Dennett, App’lt.
(New York Common Pleas, General Term,
Filed August 1, 1894.)
Bailment—Restaurant keeper.
A restaurant keeper, in whose custody wraps and other articles of wearing apparel have been temporarily placed for safe keeping, is liable as a bailee.
Appeal from a judgment of the district court in the city of Hew York for the first judicial district.
W. S. Burt, for app’lt; L. S. Wheeler, for resp’t.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We think that a restaurant keeper in whose custody wraps and other articles of wearing apparel have been temporarily placed for safe keeping, is liable as a bailee under the rule laid down in Bunnell v. Stern, 122 N.Y. 539; 34 St. Rep. 218, and Bird v. Everard, 53 St. Rep. 210; and that the judgment must therefore be affirmed, with costs.