Hurd v. Hotel Astor Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Hotel Astor Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess on the 16th day of June, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 15th day of June, 1917, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, J.:
The plaintiff complains that on August 17, 1916, she was a guest at defendant’s hotel in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, and that defendant, through its agents and servants, unlawfully and improperly requested her to leave said hotel, and in the presence of a large number of people, charged and accused her of soliciting men in said hotel and accused her of being a woman who solicited men and improperly and unjustly accused her of soliciting men for improper purposes in such hotel, and then and there in the presence of a large number of people falsely and unjustly accused…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- De Wolf v. . FordNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Boyce v. Greeley Square Hotel Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
3Cited by1 opinion
- Kirstein v. Hotel Taft Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1944