Cliett v. Lauderdale Biltmore Corporation

Action by P.A. Cliett against the Lauderdale Biltmore Corporation, Inc., to recover damages for illness caused by impurity of food served to plaintiff in defendant's hotel dining room. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

Reversed and remanded. The appellee, the proprietor of a hotel and dining room, served a meal containing unwholesome food to the appellant, a paying guest, who became ill as the result of its impurity. The appellant sued the proprietor for damages resulting from his illness, on the theory of an implied warranty that the food was fit for human consumption. A demurrer…