Miller v. Peeples
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. S. S. Cali-iooN, Judge. On the 27th day of January, 1882, Rowan Miller, a commercial traveller, stopped at the Edwards House, a hotel in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, and was assigned to room No. 60, in company with two fellow-travellers.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. S. S. Cali-iooN, Judge. On the 27th day of January, 1882, Rowan Miller, a commercial traveller, stopped at the Edwards House, a hotel in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, and was assigned to room No. 60, in company with two fellow-travellers. Early on the morning of the 28th, Miller and one of his companions presented themselves at the clerk’s desk, and paid their bills, stating to the clerk that they would return that night. They took the train to Bolton’s, a neighboring town, where they spent the day, and returned at eight o’clock at…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The relation of guest and innkeeper was intentionally ended by the aet of the guest, who paid his bill and had his name stricken from the register of guests, for the purpose of freeing himself from liability as a guest, and he could not thereafter, and while he was not a guest, claim the rights of one as to the baggage he left behind him. The expectation thereafter to become a guest did not continue the relation terminated at his instance and for his advantage by settling his account for entertainment. An innkeeper is chargeable as such, because of the profit derivable from entertaining. The…
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