Roueche v. Hotel Braddock, Inc.

The question here is the liability of án innkeeper for the loss of money and baggage of a guest, caused in this instance by a fire of unknown origin. It is the same question, except that the fire was in a barn attached to a hotel, presented in Cutler v. Bonney, 30 Mich. 259, where Judge Campbell, in one of the best considered opinions on the subject, said: “It is unfortunate that upon this subject there is some confusion arising from the loose dicta in which many courts have indulged, when dealing with cases involving the liability of innkeepers. It is unsafe to give any force to suck remarks…