Minneapolis Fire & Marine Insurance v. Matson Navigation Co.

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

CASSIDY, J.

From the allegations of tbe complaint and the record in this case it appears that while Walter and Ida B. Erman were guests at defendant’s (appellant’s) Royal Hawaiian Hotel they entrusted a mink coat to an employee of tbe hotel to be taken from and protected out of their room and the employee so negligently cared for the coat that it was lost or stolen while in his custody. Plaintiff (appellee), as insurer, paid the owners $2,000 for the loss and, in subrogation, by this action seeks to recover the amount from the defendant hotel owner.

A special defense set…