Elcox v. Hill
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This is an action of trespass on the case by Elcox and Larter against Hill, proprietor of a public hotel in the city of Chicago, to recover the value of a quantity of jewelry lost by them while Larter was a guest at the hotel.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This is an action of trespass on the case by Elcox and Larter against Hill, proprietor of a public hotel in the city of Chicago, to recover the value of a quantity of jewelry lost by them while Larter was a guest at the hotel. The plaintiffs were manufacturing jewellers, doing business at Newark, N. J. Larter left home for a tour through several Western cities, with some $6,300 worth of jewelry, which was contained in two travelling-bags or satchels, like those usually carried by travellers: one a large…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
There can be but little doubt that the goods of the plaintiffs were stolen from them while one of them was at the hotel of the defendant, in the city of Chicago. They insist thereupon that their loss shall be made good; but it does not follow, because they met with a loss, that they can recover the amount from him.
The defendant contends that he is exempt from liability for money, jewels, and the like, unless his guest who lost them complied with the statute of Illinois on that subject. Where a safe for the keeping of such articles is provided by the hotel-keeper, and the notice given as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hyatt v. . TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Purvis v. . Coleman StetsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Stewart v. ParsonsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869
3Cited by1 opinion
- Elcox v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1878