Legal Opinion
Burton v. Drake Hotel Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 11, 1925No. Gen. No. 29,885PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matchett
The defendant in this case is an innkeeper and at the time of the transaction in question (April 14, 1920) operated the Blackstone Hotel, located at the comer of Seventh street and Michigan avenue in Chicago.
It cost about three million dollars to build and furnish this hotel, which offered unusual accommodations to the traveling public. The charge for its rooms varied from $4 to $16 a day, and in connection with the hotel and as a part of the hotel business it conducted three restaurants.
The plaintiff was a resident of New York, and at this particular time was returning by train from a visit…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Burnell v. . the New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Miles v. International Hotel Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1919
- McDaniels v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
- Sanford v. KimballSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1910
- Walling v. PotterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1868
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