Ritz Carlton Restaurant & Hotel Co. v. Ditmars

In this action upon a promissory note the defendant set up as a defense that the note was given for the amount of plaintiff’s bill against defendant for accommodations furnished the defendant at plaintiff’s hotel; that the indebtedness was one of defendant’s employer, the United States Mail Steamship Company (or, as developed in the subsequent affidavits, the France and Canada Steamship Corporation); and that about the date of the note the plaintiff refused to permit defendant to remove his baggage from the hotel unless he made a payment on the bill; that the defendant, for the purpose of…