Walling v. Potter
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the case against the defendant as an inn-keeper to recover money stolen from the plaintiff while a guest at the inn. The following facts were found by the Superior Court. The plaintiff lost money at the defendant’s inn, under such circumstances that he is entitled to recover therefor the sum of |60, if the relation of inn-keeper and guest existed between the parties. The defendant it was admitted was an inn-keeper.
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Action on the case against the defendant as an inn-keeper to recover money stolen from the plaintiff while a guest at the inn. The following facts were found by the Superior Court. The plaintiff lost money at the defendant’s inn, under such circumstances that he is entitled to recover therefor the sum of |60, if the relation of inn-keeper and guest existed between the parties. The defendant it was admitted was an inn-keeper. The plaintiff and defendant both resided in the town of Kent, and the inn was in Kent, about half a mile from the plaintiff’s residence. -The plaintiff came to the inn on…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The plaintiff and defendant were residents of the same town. The defendant was an inn-keeper, and the plaintiff took lodging and breakfast at his inn, paying therefor the usual charge for such entertainment. While at *185the defendant’s inn the plaintiff lost a sum of money, and the court has found that he is entitled to recover the sum lost, provided the law is so that the relation of inn-keeper and guest existed between the parties. Whether such relation existed or not is the question and the only question reserved.
An inn has been judicially defined,as “a house where the traveller is furnished…
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