Adams v. Clem
Supreme Court of Georgia
Bailments. Inn-Keeper. Before Judge Plarrell. Clay Superior Court. March Term, 1870. Mrs. Clem sued Adams as an inn-keeper, for the value of her trunk and its contents.
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Bailments. Inn-Keeper. Before Judge Plarrell. Clay Superior Court. March Term, 1870. Mrs. Clem sued Adams as an inn-keeper, for the value of her trunk and its contents. That she was his guest, had her trunk carried to her room by himself or his servants, that her trunk was marked, that she paid her bill and left, saying that a gentleman, whom she pointed out, would call in ten minutes for her trunk, and bring it to her. in the country, and that Adams replied, “very well,” was not controverted on the trial. As to value, she swore that it and its' contents were worth $150 00; he swore she had…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court—
BROWN, C. J.,
delivering the opinion.
When Mrs. Clem departed from the inn, kept by the plaintiff in error, where she was entertained as a guest for pay, she left her trunk in the possession of the inn-kéeper, with his consent, stating that a person named by her, would call for it in ten minutes. The person who was to have carried the trunk into the country for her, disappointed her, and on the following Friday she sent her son to the inn for it, and the plaintiff in error had lost it in the meantime, and could not deliver it, nor did he show any diligence in taking care of it.…
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