Gilbert v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Plymouth District Cowrt. Defendants are the keepers of a hotel, and plaintiff was a guest at their bouse, and while there contracted the small-pox. She brought this action to recover damages sustained by her in consequence of the sickness caused by said disease.
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Appeal from Plymouth District Cowrt. Defendants are the keepers of a hotel, and plaintiff was a guest at their bouse, and while there contracted the small-pox. She brought this action to recover damages sustained by her in consequence of the sickness caused by said disease. She alleged in her petition that defendants represented to her that their hotel was a desirable place for guests, and that it was free from small-pox, and that there was no person in said hotel who was infected with that disease, and that, relying upon the truth of these representations, she consented to become a guest at…
1Opinion of the CourtEeed, J.
3. PI/EADIjS" G- : exposure to not required: I. The petition alleges that plaintiff contracted the small-pox in defendants’ hotel, and became sick, and by reason thereof she was removed to a pest-house, 1 where she suffered great bodily pain and mental anguish, and was permanently disfigured in pergon; and her damag0 ig laid at $5j000. Defendants filed a motion for a more specific statement, in which they asked (1) that plaintiff be required to make her petition show each item of damages, how sustained, and the amount thereof; and (2) that she be required to show in her petition how and in…
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