Legal Opinion
Cochrane v. Schryver
New York Court of Common Pleas
Decided June 25, 1883PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of a district court in the city of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Charles P. Daly, Chief Justice.
The conclusion of the judge that the defendant was not an innkeeper was correct. He merely kept a lodging house, in which no provision was made by him for supplying the lodgers with meals, and such house is not an inn (Cromwell v. Stephens, 2 Daly 15), as an inn furnishes both food and lodgings to the *175guests. There was a restaurant kept in the basement of the house, between which and the upper part of the building there was a doorway to facilitate access from the lodging rooms to the restaurant; but this did not make the part of the house where the defendant let…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bissell v. . PearceNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Cromwell v. StephensNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1867
- Carpenter v. TaylorNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1856
- Kopper v. WillisNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1881
3Cited by4 opinions
- Charles Culbertson and Helen Culbertson, His Wife v. Alice LelandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Barnett v. WalkerNew York Supreme Court · 1902
- Van Laar v. MarchesiniCity of New York Municipal Court · 1919
- Charles Culbertson and Helen Culbertson, His Wife v. Alice LelandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975