Huckins Hotels v. Smith
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; George R. Haynie, Judge; The evidence was not sufficient to sustain the verdict of the jury.
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Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; George R. Haynie, Judge; The evidence was not sufficient to sustain the verdict of the jury. The court’s instruction making the hotel an insurer of the articles checked was erroneous. 103 Ark. 593; act 217 of Acts of 1913, p. 934; 136 Ark. 503. The hotel was a gratuitous bailee and not responsible except for gross negligence. 22 Cyc. 1087-1088; 52 Ark. 364; 93 Ala. 342; 12 L. E. A. 382; 9 So. 250; 47 Colo. 57; 107 Pac. 222; 28 L. E. A. (N. 8.) 495 ; 82 Pac. 529; 2 L. E. A. (N. S.) 100; 22 Fla. 627; 1 So. 137; 41 Ga. 65; 70 Ga. 449; 81 N. T. Supp. 291; 2 Lea…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
George A Smith brought this suit in the municipal court of Texarkana, Ark., against the Huck-ins Hotels to recover the value of certain articles checked by him at the defendant’s hotel in Texarkana, Ark., alleged to be of the value of $132.50.
In the municipal court judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant. Upon appeal to the circuit court, there was a trial before a jury and a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $85. From the judgment rendered this appeal has been prosecuted.
According to the testimony of Geo. A. Smith, the plaintiff, he was a traveling shoe salesman with…
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