Baatz v. Smith

Plaintiffs commenced suits .against defendants, hotelkeepers, in assumpsit, on June 13, 1958, for personal injuries and resultant damages sustained on April 30,1954, while they were paying guests in defendants’ hotel. Plaintiffs alleged in their declarations that another, former guest of defendants’ hotel, who was a confirmed alcoholic, had been evicted therefrom, became disgruntled, har*70bored a grudge on that account, had threatened injury to the hotel, and on one occasion had set fire to it, all as defendants knew or should have known; and' that, on the night in question, he did cause…