Berk v. Schenectady Hotel Co.

Plaintiff with a companion, one Rudolph, arrived at the Van Curler Hotel in Schenectady, N. Y., on September 29, 1946, at about 8:30 p.m. They were assigned to the same room as paying guests of the hotel. They had driven that day from their homes in Pennsylvania, where both were business men, to attend a meeting pertaining to their business, which was to occur the following day. Neither used the shower in the hotel room bath that evening. The following morning between seven and seven thirty o’clock, plaintiff wished to take a cold shower. His companion, Rudolph, remained in bed reading a…