Erickson v. Sinykin

Julius J. Olson, Justice.

This was an action to determine the ownership of $760 in paper currency found by plaintiff while decorating a room in defendants’ hotel. Tried to the court, these in substance are the findings:(1) During the time here involved, defendants were the owners and operators of the Kenesaw Hotel in Minneapolis. On December 26, 19áá, they employed plaintiff to decorate several rooms therein.. In the course of his work, plaintiff found it necessary “to raise up a rug which was on the floor, and under this rug he found $760.00 in the form of thirty-three old twenty-dollar bills…