Read ex rel. Read v. Amidon
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action on the case against the defendant as an innkeeper. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury, April term, 1867, Barrett, J., presiding. Before the trial the defendant conceded that he was an innkeeper. The plaintiff called as a witness Charles D. Read, who testified as follows: “The plaintiff is my son, and went with me to the defendant’s in November, 1865, for the purpose of attending a suit that the defendant had brought against me.
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Action on the case against the defendant as an innkeeper. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury, April term, 1867, Barrett, J., presiding. Before the trial the defendant conceded that he was an innkeeper. The plaintiff called as a witness Charles D. Read, who testified as follows: “The plaintiff is my son, and went with me to the defendant’s in November, 1865, for the purpose of attending a suit that the defendant had brought against me. The plaintiff rode with me in a one-horse team, which was put up at the defendant’s by his brother. The defendant was in the bar-room. He knew I and my son put up…
1Opinion of the Court
Tbe opinion of tbe court was delivered by
Pierpoint, C. J.
This is an action brought against tbe defendant as an innkeeper, to recover for property of the plaintiff wMcb *18was lost from the inn of the defendant while the plaintiff was stopping at such inn as a guest.
It appears from the case that in November, 1865, the plaintiff, who was a minor, went with his father, with a horse and wagon, to the inn kept by the defendant. When they arrived the horse and wagon were delivered to the servant of the defendant to be put up and taken care of, and the plaintiff and his father entered the inn where the…
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