Corrigan v. San Marcos Hotel Co.

ORR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Mrs. Corrigan, while a guest at the San Marcos Hotel at Chandler, Arizona, had a coat valued at $10,000, which she had left in a powder room, stolen therefrom. She brought suit in the trial court for the recovery of the insured value thereof. The action was brought under the Arizona innkeepers’ liability act. 1 The trial court found in favor of the hotel company on the ground that the loss of the coat was occasioned by the negligence of the owner. Appellants challenge the correctness of the finding of negligence because, as they assert, all the evidence, viewed…