Coates v. Acheson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court, Hon. F. M. Black, Judge. • Statement of case by the court. The plaintiff kept a hotel in Kansas City.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court, Hon. F. M. Black, Judge. • Statement of case by the court. The plaintiff kept a hotel in Kansas City. The defendant, Acheson, boarded there with his family under a special contract with the plaintiff from March 1, 1883, to November 15, 1883, at which last date the defendant owed on account thé sum of $368.75. The contract was not made for any definite time, but it contemplated a long period of time and was for a certain sum per month, fixed with reference to the contemplated period of time. > The defendants, William Stevens and Henry Sleek, had each a…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Did the circuit court have jurisdiction of this cause ?
Section 3198, Revised Statutes, is as follows: “Hotel, inn and boarding house keepers shall have a lien upon the baggage and other valuables of their .•guests or boarders brought into such hotel, inn or boarding house by such guests or boarders, and upon the wages of such guests or boarders, for their proper •charges, due from such guests or boarders for their .accommodation, boarding and lodging, and such extras .as are furnished at their request.”
The lien in this case did not exist at common law it was created by said statute. This is…
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