Pabón Escabí v. Axtmayer

Mr. Justice Ramírez Bages

delivered the opinion of the Court.

We must consider the novel question in this jurisdiction as to whether or not the owner of a hotel is liable for injuries sustained by one of his guests when the latter was attacked late at night in a hall of the hotel by two strangers who entered the hotel which customarily kept its main door open during the night without employing and maintaining a watchman or any other employee at the entrance, or in the office in the lobby of the hotel. Contrary to the holding of the trial court, the facts and circumstances which we turn to…