Sneider v. Geiss
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Suit against the defendant as an innkeeper, for 230 Spanish milled dollars, on the custom of the country. The narr also contained a count in trover, for the money.. It appeared in evidence, that the plaintiff usually lodged at defendant’s inn in Philadelphia, and had several times before delivered parcels of money to Elizabeth Geltner, his stepdaughter, to be taken care of for him.
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Suit against the defendant as an innkeeper, for 230 Spanish milled dollars, on the custom of the country. The narr also contained a count in trover, for the money.. It appeared in evidence, that the plaintiff usually lodged at defendant’s inn in Philadelphia, and had several times before delivered parcels of money to Elizabeth Geltner, his stepdaughter, to be taken care of for him. She was in the house as a relation, and occasionally assisted in the business of the family, though she was not in the bar or in the capacity of a servant. The money declared for was delivered in bag to her by the…
1Opinion of the Court
*By THE Court.
There is no evidence of a conversion, pgg *- which is the gist of an action of trover; so that on that count the plaintiff must fail. But whether the defendant is chargeable on the general custom as an innkeeper, is the question. On principles of law, an innkeeper is liable for whatever is deposited in his house, and this on grounds of the soundest policy and public convenience. But the true point in the case is, whether the plaintiff did not repose his trust and confidence in Elizabeth Geltner, whom he was courting, and to whom he had always heretofore trusted his money for…
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