Peet v. the Roth Hotel Co.

STONE, Justice.

After an adverse verdict, defendant moved in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding or a new trial. That motion, denied, defendant appeals.

The record is the story of a ring. Defendant operates the St. Paul Hotel in St. Paul. Mr. Ferdinand Hotz is a manufacturing jeweler. For 20 years or more he has visited St. Paul periodically on business, making his local headquarters at the St. Paul Hotel. He has long been one of its regular patrons, personally known to the management. Plaintiff’s engagement ring, a platinum piece set Avith a large cabochon sapphire surrounded by…