Sander v. Kristof

OPINION

JOHN E. MILLER, Senior District Judge.

Because of the issues involved and the manner in which the trial was conducted, the court, in an effort to clarify the issues and to promote an understanding of them, will in the first few pages of this opinion state certain uncontroverted background facts.

Mr. Ernest J. Sander and his wife, Emma, resided at Wilkerton, Indiana. He was a fairly successful businessman, and they had for years been traveling from the latter part of December until the succeeding April. They had been guests on at least one other occasion of the Central Motel operated by…