House v. Davis
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. I-I. Potter, Judge. Suit by I. W. Davis against tbe Edwards House. Judgment for plaintiff before a justice of the peace, and on a new trial on appeal to the circuit court a peremptory instruction for plaintiff was given, whereupon defendant appears.
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Appeal from circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. I-I. Potter, Judge. Suit by I. W. Davis against tbe Edwards House. Judgment for plaintiff before a justice of the peace, and on a new trial on appeal to the circuit court a peremptory instruction for plaintiff was given, whereupon defendant appears. The declaration does not state any cause of action in that it does not aver any 'negligence of the Hotel Company, and seeks to recover the actual value of the contents of the grip, when under section 2067, Hemingway’s Code, the liability of hotels is limited to twenty-fire dollars for each valise…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
I. W. Davis Avas plaintiff beloAV, and brought suit against the Edwards House, a hotel corporation, for the loss of a suit case and contents of the value of one hundred fifty dollars, alleging that on the 17th day of September, 1919, he arrived in Jackson, and upon leaving-the railroad station., at the request of the porter of the EdAvards House, said porter being its duly authorized agent for said purpose, delivered to the porter the suit case and contents, and plaintiff proceeded to the EdAvards House to become its guest, and that after registering he made a request for Ms suit case, and…
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