Hyatt v. . Taylor
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the sixth district, reversing judgment below for the plaintiff. This action was brought to recover for the loss of moneys, coupons, two gold studs and two gold pens, alleged to have been stolen from the plaintiff’s room, while he was a guest in the inn of the defendants at Jersey City, in the State of New Jersey.
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Appeal from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the sixth district, reversing judgment below for the plaintiff. This action was brought to recover for the loss of moneys, coupons, two gold studs and two gold pens, alleged to have been stolen from the plaintiff’s room, while he was a guest in the inn of the defendants at Jersey City, in the State of New Jersey. It was claimed, by way of defence, and proved on the trial, that a safe had been provided in the house for the deposit of money and valuables, notice whereof was duly given by putting up printed cards in the rooms of…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodruff, J.
I concur fully in the opinion expressed by Mr. Justice Muebay, in the General Term of the Supreme Court, upon the construction or rather the plain meaning and legal effect of the statute of New Jersey, relied upon as a defence to this action.
Heither the rules of the common law touching the responsibility of innkeepers, nor the principles governing the interpretation of statutes are in any doubt.
By the rules of the common law, the defendants, upon the facts which must be deemed found by the jury, were clearly liable to the plaintiff for the value of the property lost, if they received him as a…
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