Magee v. Pacific Improvement Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought to recover from the defendant the value of certain personal property, lost by the burning of the Hotel Del Monte, April 1, 1887. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed.
It was held in Fay v. Pacific Improvement Co., 93 Cal. 253, upon the facts then before the court, that the defendant, as the proprietor and keeper of the Hotel Del Monte, was an innkeeper, and as the facts herein are almost identical with those presented in that case, the defendant must in the present case be held to have been an innkeeper, and subject to its…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pinkerton v. WoodwardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867
- Hancock v. . RandNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Fay v. Pacific Improvement Co.California Supreme Court · 1892
- Westborough, Selectmen ofMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
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- Haff v. AdamsArizona Supreme Court · 1899
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