Case Name: Kaplan Products and Textiles, Inc., Respondent, v. Chelsea Fireproof Storage Warehouse, Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1957-06-17
Citations: 9 Misc. 2d 273
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kaplan Products and Textiles, Inc., Respondent, v. Chelsea Fireproof Storage Warehouse, Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 273–274

Head Matter:
Kaplan Products and Textiles, Inc., Respondent, v. Chelsea Fireproof Storage Warehouse, Inc., Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
June 17, 1957.
Alvin Altman for appellant.
Howard N. Beldock for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The complaint and proof are founded upon appellant's conversion of the goods. The proof adequately established the delivery to appellant, its failure to return the goods and complete absence of any explanation by appellant for such failure. In the circumstances, in an action for conversion by the warehouse itself, the limitation of liability clause in the warehouse receipt does not constitute a valid defense to recovery of the full value of the goods not returned (Menuez v. Julius Kindermann & Sons, 19 F. Supp. 7, 8; Glinsky v. Dunham & Reid, Inc., 230 App. Div. 470; D'Utassy v. Barrett, 219 N. Y. 420, 424; see, also, Castorina v. Rosen, 290 N. Y. 445, 447).
The judgment should be modified to the extent only of remitting the case to the court below for proper proof of respondent's damages, with $25 costs to the appellant.
Hecht, Aurelio and Tilzer, JJ., concur.
Judgment modified, etc.