Brown Shoe Co. v. Hunt

Kinne O. J.

I. This cause was determined upon the following agreed statement of facts: “This is an action in replevin, in which the Brown Shoe Company, ,a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Missouri, is plaintiff, and Frank Hunt, of Sioux City, Iowa, is defendant. That immediately prior to and within the last two years before the commencement of this action, the defendant was the agent and general manager of and for Lola M. Hunt, the proprietor of the New Oxford Hotel, in Sioux City, Iowa. That said hotel was kept for the general accommodation of the general traveling public.…