Babin v. Thormander.

McCALEB, Judge.

The defendant is the operator and owner of the Petit Hotel situated in the city of New Orleans. On April 16, 1934, and some time prior thereto, the plaintiff was a guest of the hotel, and he claims in this suit that upon said day two suits of clothes valued at $45 each, one gold stick pin valued at $65, and one necktie valued at $1.50, were stolen from his room.

The defendant admits that the plaintiff was a resident of the hotel on April 16, 1934, but denies that the property of plaintiff was stolen, averring alternatively that if plaintiff’s effects were stolen, they were…