Brown Hotel Co. v. Burckhardt

The plaintiff and his family, while traveling, became guests of the defendant company at its hotel in Denver. During a stay of some days, they made an excursion to Silver Plume, leaving in the morning after breakfast and returning on the evening of the same day. Upon their departure, they left their trunks, four in number, in their rooms, locked the doors of their rooms, and delivered the keys at the clerk’s office. Upon their return in the evening, they found that their rooms had been assigned to and were occupied by other guests, and were told that their trunks were stored in the basement.…