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· 3/15/1907

Austin v. Millspaugh

Citations

  • 90 Miss. 354
  • 43 So. 305

Syllabus

<p>Damages. Measure. Loss of property. No market value. Hotel keeper. Guest.</p> <p>Where a guest’s personal property, having no market value, was lost by the negligence of a hotel keeper, in whose custody it had been placed, his liability is more than nominal; a recovery may be had for the monetary value of the property to the guest.</p>

Judges: Whitfield

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