Wagner v. Congress Square Hotel Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case to recover from an innkeeper the value of certain articles of jewelry alleged to have been stolen from the plaintiff’s room while he was there as a guest. Plaintiff alleged that articles stolen were of the value of seven hundred and forty-three dollars. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
This case is an action brought to recover from an innkeeper for goods stolen from a guest’s room, and comes before the court on report. The plaintiff was a guest at the defendant’s hotel three or four days. His testimony tends to show that he was assigned to a room; in a closet in the room he placed his traveling bag, a substantial one, with a very substantial lock; in the bag was a small leather case which contained 13 or 14 scarf pins, one being a pearl pin set with diamonds, one an opal pin, one a ruby, one a black onyx, one a crystal, and several gold; it contained also about 10 pairs of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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