Turner v. Weitzel
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; 1. Prior to the Act 1913, No. 217, pages 936-7, appellant was liable as an insurer. 103 Ark. 593. After the passage of that act he was only liable as a bailee for hire. 14 R. C. L. 33-34. Negligence was a good defense.
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Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; 1. Prior to the Act 1913, No. 217, pages 936-7, appellant was liable as an insurer. 103 Ark. 593. After the passage of that act he was only liable as a bailee for hire. 14 R. C. L. 33-34. Negligence was a good defense. The question should have been submitted to a jury as appellant was not an insurer but liable only for loss occasioned by negligence and only then to the extent of $50. It was error to direct a verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellee was a transient guest at appellant’s hotel in Forrest City, Arkansas, on November 30,1917, and afterwards instituted this action against the latter to recover the value of certain of his wearing . apparel which it is alleged was stolen from his room in appellant’s hotel on the day mentioned above. The action originated before a justice of the peace, but was tried before a jury in the circuit court on appeal, and, after all the testimony was introduced, the court gave a peremptory instruction in favor of appellee.
The testimony shows that appellee was, as before stated, a transient…
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