Glenn v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action for Lost Baggage, by Quest against Hotel-Keeper: Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. ' This action was brought by E. T. Glenn, against J. E. B. Jackson and W. D. McCurdy, to recover damages for the loss of a valise and its contents while the plaintiff was, as he claimed, a guest at the Florence Hotel in Birmingham, of which the defendants were the proprietors.
Read the full summary
Action for Lost Baggage, by Quest against Hotel-Keeper: Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. ' This action was brought by E. T. Glenn, against J. E. B. Jackson and W. D. McCurdy, to recover damages for the loss of a valise and its contents while the plaintiff was, as he claimed, a guest at the Florence Hotel in Birmingham, of which the defendants were the proprietors. On appeal to the City Court, a trial by jury being waived, the court rendered judgment for the defendants; and this judgment is here assigned as error. cited Chamberlain v. Masterson, 26…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
— The material facts, briefly stated, are substantially as follows: Defendants were proprietors of the Florence Hotel. The plaintiff had been in the habit of stopping at the Florence Hotel as a guest for two or three days •each week for over a year, but under no continuous special contract. On the morning of the 23d of November, 1888, being in his room, the plaintiff rang the bell for a servant, and he handed his valise, in which was wearing apparel, etc., to the porter who responded to the bell-call, with directions to take it down and check it, and leave the check for him at the clerk’s…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Haas v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Lanier v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Adams v. ClemSupreme Court of Georgia · 1870
3Cited by4 opinions
- Baehr v. DowneyMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
- Watkins v. Hotel Tutwiler Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Norman v. Utah Hotel Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1922
- Hotel Cleveland Co. v. WienersOhio Court of Appeals · 1921