Case Name: Bernard Benjamin et al., Respondents, v. Brooklyn Trust Company, as Trustee, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1945-06-28
Citations: 185 Misc. 296
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bernard Benjamin et al., Respondents, v. Brooklyn Trust Company, as Trustee, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 296–299

Head Matter:
Bernard Benjamin et al., Respondents, v. Brooklyn Trust Company, as Trustee, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
June 28, 1945.
Charles J. Dodd, Jr., and Dimitri G. 8. Eristoff for appellant.
Irving Cyruli and James V. Mistretta for respondents.

Opinion:
Memorandum Per Curiam.
The plaintiffs failed to establish any negligence on the part of defendant. The key which was lost was its property. The defendant was not a bailee either of the key or of the articles which were stolen. There is no fact established which warranted a finding that the defendant, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have foreseen that one of its employees would take the key or some stranger to it might find the key and enter the apartment to take property. No prior similar incident or bad conduct of any employee was established. (Castorina v. Rosen, 290 N. Y. 445.)
The judgment should be reversed on the law, with $30 costs to defendant, and the complaint dismissed, with appropriate costs in the court below. The appeal from the order should be dismissed.