Kuhlman v. Vandercook

Frances L. Kuhlman and her husband, William Kuhlman, were guests at the Bay Shore Hotel on July 27, 1938. Defendant, Vandercook, owned the property and defendants, Yeo and Isetts, were lessees of the property during the summer season of 1938. In the course of their business it had been necessary to hire help, one of whom was a yardman. The Bay Shore Hotel is summer-resort property located on Williams Bay on the shore of Lake Geneva. It has two hundred feet of lake frontage and a depth of five hundred eighty feet. The premises are bounded by the lake shore on the east, by other premises on the…