Legal Opinion

Miles v. International Hotel Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 27, 1919No. 12368PublishedCited by 51 opinions

Writ oE Error to the Second Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Clinton F. Irwin, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson

This cause is brought to this court by certiorari to review a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Hirst District reversing a judgment of the superior court for $1097 in favor of Nannie Miles and against the International Hotel Company, proprietor of the Kaiserhof Hotel, in the city of Chicago. The judgment is for the value of a trunk and its contents claimed by plaintiff in error to have been lost by defendant in error.

According to the testimony of the plaintiff in error shé came to the Kaiserhof Hotel on November 30, 1904, and registered as a guest of the hotel. She asked for special…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cumins v. WoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Schaefer v. Washington Safety Deposit Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Bennett v. O'BrienIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
  4. Sanford v. KimballSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1910
  5. Delta Bag Co. v. KearnsIllinois Supreme Court · 1912

3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Thompson Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Celanese Corporation of America and Federal Insurance Company v. Vandalia Warehouse CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
  3. Keenan Hotel Co. v. FunkIndiana Court of Appeals · 1931
  4. Cargill, Incorporated v. Commodity Credit CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  5. Clemenson v. WhitneyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1925

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