Boehrer v. Juergens & Anderson Co.
Decision Date | 05 November 1907 |
Citation | 133 Wis. 426,113 N.W. 655 |
Court | Wisconsin Supreme Court |
Parties | BOEHRER v. JUERGENS & ANDERSON CO. |
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Monroe County; J. J. Fruit, Judge.
Action by Joseph Boehrer against the Juergens & Anderson Company to recover for the loss of certain jewelry. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded.
The complaint, after alleging that the defendant was and is an Illinois corporation, located at Chicago, and engaged in the business of manufacturing jewelry and mounting precious stones, charges that on November 7, 1905, the plaintiff owned certain diamond rings and other jewelry of the value of $367.50, and on that day, at the request of the defendant and believing that the defendant would exercise care and diligence in handling the same, sent them by express to the defendant for the purpose of having them repaired and remounted by the defendant, and that defendant received the same knowing their value and became a bailee thereof for hire. The complaint then proceeds as follows: ...
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