White v. Burke

— This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiffs in the amount of $3,770, with interest at six per cent, upon an award of a jury for the loss of money deposited by plaintiffs in defendant’s hotel.

Defendants have operated the Donnelly hotel in the city of Yakima for fourteen years. In one corner of the lobby of the hotel is a counter, back of which are stationed the clerk and telephone operator. At the rear of the clerk’s quarters is a door leading to the manager’s office. Just back of this door, and under a stairway, is a large safe, containing compartments used for the keeping of money,…