Sasseen & Whitaker v. Clark
Supreme Court of Georgia
Case. Motion for new trial. Tried before Judge Warner. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1867. This was an action for the loss of plaintiff’s wife’s baggage while she was a guest at the inn of Edward E. Sasseen and Thomas E. Whitaker, inn-keepers, under the style of Sasseen & Whitaker, keeping the hotel in Atlanta, known as “ The Exchange.”
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Case. Motion for new trial. Tried before Judge Warner. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1867. This was an action for the loss of plaintiff’s wife’s baggage while she was a guest at the inn of Edward E. Sasseen and Thomas E. Whitaker, inn-keepers, under the style of Sasseen & Whitaker, keeping the hotel in Atlanta, known as “ The Exchange.” Plaintiff’s evidence was as follows: T. H. Glenn, by interrogatories, testified that on or about the 22d of July, 1865, he was in Atlanta, and when the train came from Chattanooga, was at the Eailroad depot — met plaintiff’s wife and family, and assisted…
1Opinion of the CourtWalkeb, J.
1. By the common law as well as by our statutes, innkeepers are bound to extraordinary diligence in preserving the property of their guests, entrusted to their care, and are liable for the same, if stolen, where the guests have complied with all reasonable rules of the inns. Rev. Code, sec. 2091; Story on Bail, secs. 470, 471; Edwards on Bail 4028.
2. In case of the-loss of the goods entrusted to the care *249of the inn-keeper by his guest the presumption is a want of proper diligence in the landlord. Rev. Code, sec. 2094; ■Story on Bail, sec. 472. He may, however, relieve himself from liability,…
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