Shamrock Hilton Hotel v. Caranas

BARRON, Justice.

This is an appeal in an alleged bailment case from a judgment non obstante vere-dicto in favor of plaintiffs below.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, were lodging as paying guests at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel in Houston on the evening of September 4, 1966, when they took their dinner in the hotel restaurant. After completing the meal, Mr. and Mrs. Caranas, plaintiffs, departed the dining area leaving her purse behind. The purse was found by the hotel bus boy who, pursuant to the in*153structions of the hotel, dutifully delivered the forgotten item to the restaurant cashier, a Mrs.…