Parker v. Dixon
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action, in tbe municipal court of Mankato to recover $69.50 for the loss of a traveling bag and its contents. The answer alleged that plaintiff never became a guest at defendants’ hotel and that if plaintiff ever lost a traveling bag the same was lost through his negligence and not that of defendants. The case was tried before Plymat, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for the amount demanded.
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Action, in tbe municipal court of Mankato to recover $69.50 for the loss of a traveling bag and its contents. The answer alleged that plaintiff never became a guest at defendants’ hotel and that if plaintiff ever lost a traveling bag the same was lost through his negligence and not that of defendants. The case was tried before Plymat, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for the amount demanded. Prom an order denying their motion for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Plaintiff, a travelling salesman, alighted from a regular passenger train at the depot at Mankato, shortly before 1 p. m. Defendants are proprietors of the Saulpaugh House, a public hotel or inn at Mankato. At the train was a colored porter of the Saulpaugh House, there for the purpose of carrying the hand baggage of prospective guests from the depot to the hotel. Plaintiff handed to the porter his hand baggage, consisting of a sample case and a grip. The porter took them to the hotel and dropped them with similar baggage of other guests upon the floor of the hotel lobby. The usual check room…
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- Coskery v. NagleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Sasseen & Whitaker v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1867
- Baker v. BaileySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Johnson v. Chadbourn Finance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Lusk v. BeloteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1876
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- Kentucky Hotel, Inc. v. CinottiCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944