Busley v. Hotel Wisconsin Realty Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county; Maetiw L. Ruege, Judge. Action to recover damages for money and jewelry deposited by plaintiff December 12, 1915, as a guest in defendant’s Hotel and stipulated upon tbe 'trial to Have been lost by it through the theft or gross negligence of one of its servants.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county; Maetiw L. Ruege, Judge. Action to recover damages for money and jewelry deposited by plaintiff December 12, 1915, as a guest in defendant’s Hotel and stipulated upon tbe 'trial to Have been lost by it through the theft or gross negligence of one of its servants. The value of the money and property lost, exclusive of a ring claimed to be a pigeon-blood ruby, was stipulated to be $1,425. The jury by special verdict found (1) that the property of the plaintiff was deposited in the vault by the cashier after having been received by…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed October 23, 1917:
ViNJE, J.
The evidence sustains the court in finding that defendant had complied with the statutory requirement of sec. 1725, Stats. 1915, as to the posting of notices.
Since it was stipulated upon the trial that the loss occurred either through the theft or gross negligence of defendant’s servants, the precise question for determination is, What is its liability for such loss ? We need not and do not consider the extent of an innkeeper’s liability for the loss of property delivered to him occurring without any negligence on his part.
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