Moon v. Yarian

On the trial of this cause in the Municipal Court plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendants for $300, which was the amount of the verdict of the jury less a remittitur of $100. Plaintiff lost his baggage while a guest of the “Hotel Dearborn”, kept by defendants, and the judgment is for compensation based upon the value of the baggage lost.

The dispute centers in the contention on the part of plaintiff that he was a guest at the hotel, while defendants insist that he was a boarder and that consequently the liability of an innkeeper does not attach.

“Hotel Dearborn” is a hotel for…