Wilson v. Halpin
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Third District Court. The defendant was the proprietor of .an emigrant boarding house or inn, and as such received the plaintiff’s assignor as a lodger.
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Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Third District Court. The defendant was the proprietor of .an emigrant boarding house or inn, and as such received the plaintiff’s assignor as a lodger. It was a general regulation of the house, which was brought to the notiee.of the plaintiff’s assignor, that all baggage' should be left with the clerk at the bar. ' The lodger, without objection on his part, was placed in a room with several other persons, and placed his bag under his bed. During a temporary absence from the room, the bag was stolen, and an action was brought to recover its…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Daly, F. J.
The defendant kept an emigrant boarding house or inn. The plaintiff’s assignor, Blakely, came there and was lodged, without any objection being made upon his part, in a room with several other persons who were strangers to him. He asked the chambermaid if he might leave his baggage in the room, and she told him to take it down to the boy in the store and give it into his charge. Instead of doing this he-put it under the bed, and left the room, leaving: ids brother and another man there. When he returned the bag was gone. The chambermaid testified, that she was *497instructe…
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