Dixon v. Hotel Tutwiler Operating Co.

The suit was for damages and was tried on count 2 of the complaint. It was brought by a guest and against the hotel for humiliation, worry, insult, fright, and disturbing his rest and comfort during the night.

The evidence shows that plaintiff and wife were guests of the hotel in question conducted by defendant, and that some servant or agent of the defendant, while acting in the line and scope of his employment, as alleged in said count, interrupted the guests under the circumstances detailed by the evidence and in the respects indicated by the several witnesses. It is also without dispute…