Burbank v. Chapin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, upon an account annexed, for board and lodging at the plaintiff’s inn. The defendant, in his answer, sought to recoup the value of certain articles stolen from his room while a guest at the inn. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Rockwell, J., who found for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The only question which appears to have been raised at the trial is whether the plaintiff, who is an inn-holder, is liable for the value of certain wearing-apparel of the defendant, which was stolen from his room while he was a guest at the plaintiff’s inn.
The case was tried by the presiding justice of the Superior Court, without a jury. He found as facts, that the plaintiff was *124an innholder ; that the defendant was a guest at the inn; that two coats of the defendant were stolen from his room; that, before the theft, certain printed regulations were posted in the rooms of the inn, one of…
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