Brams v. Briggs

On November 7,1929, Samuel S. Brams on registering at the Briggs Hotel in Detroit was assigned to room 1208. His registration card stated that he was to pay at the rate of “$90” but it is undisputed that actually a rate of $85 per month was fixed by arrangement with the late Lester Briggs, then proprietor of the hotel. The building was operated as a permanent residence hotel, the nature of the lay-out of the rooms being such that people remained there for months and years at a time. The record leaves it uncertain as to whether Brams rented the room furnished, and substituted his own furniture…