Flanagan v. Arnold

Defendant, John W. Arnold, in the summer of 1921, operated a summer resort hotel on an island in Diamond lake, in Cass county. He ran a free ferry to and from the mainland for the accommodation of his guests. When his guests were on the mainland and desired to go to the island they communicated the fact by telephone, or rang a bell which he had connected up for that purpose. On the afternoon of August 17th several of his guests, including George L. Flanagan and wife, were desirous of going to Cassopolis to do some shopping. The regular boat was furnished and they went to the mainland without…