Korr v. Thomas Emery's Sons, Inc.

We shall nqt recite the history of the applicable statutes except to point out that such statutes are in derogation of the common law and, as they limit the innkeeper’s liability, should be strictly construed against the innkeeper.

Three sections of the statutes which have been in force for many years' are involved, to wit, Sections 5981, 5982 and 5983, General Code, which are as follows :

Section 5981, General Code, provides:

“An innkeeper, whether a person, partnership or corporation, having in his inn a metal safe or vault in good order suitable for the custody of money, banknotes, jewelry,…