Huntley v. Stanchfield
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Grant county: George Clementson, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by the plaintiff to restrain the defendants from operating certain property in the city of Platteville as a hotel. The plaintiff is the owner of the Columbia Hotel in Platteville, which he, with his brother, Scott Huntley, bought in October, 1916, from Louis N. Patnaude and wife.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Grant county: George Clementson, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by the plaintiff to restrain the defendants from operating certain property in the city of Platteville as a hotel. The plaintiff is the owner of the Columbia Hotel in Platteville, which he, with his brother, Scott Huntley, bought in October, 1916, from Louis N. Patnaude and wife. The Patnaudes were owners of another hotel in Platteville, known as the Republican House, which was used by them to lodge guests when the Columbia Hotel was full. Part of the agreement under which…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, J.
The trial court found that the defendants as owners of the Republican House property repaired the building “and occupied and used it only as a rooming or lodging house; ... no meals or lunches of any kind were furnished by them to- any persons lodging at said building; . . . that in said city of Platteville and in Southern Wisconsin every so-called hotel is of the character of a common-law inn, namely, a house where a traveler is furnished as a regular matter of business with food and lodging;” that defendants let sleeping rooms to such persons as pleased them and were keepers of a rooming or…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Fay v. Pacific Improvement Co.California Supreme Court · 1892
- Leonard v. FlynnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
- Metzler v. Terminal Hotel Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1909
- Nelson v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Kieffer v. KeoughCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
3Cited by3 opinions
- Huntley v. StanchfieldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1921
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