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>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that because lost plans and specifications had no market value, “the rule of damages seems then to be its value to the plaintiff”
- loss of architect’s plans; award based on cost to the plaintiff in producing it
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Judges: Whitfield
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State Stove Manufacturing Company v. HodgesMississippi Supreme Court· 1966-07-08· cited 165×
- Campins v. CapelsIndiana Court of Appeals· 1984-03-28· cited 45×
- Zenier v. Spokane International Railroad CompanyIdaho Supreme Court· 1956-07-10· cited 35×
- Iowa Power & Light Co. v. Board of Water Works TrusteesCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 1979-05-31· cited 16×
- Traveltown, Inc. v. Gerhardt Investment GroupN.D. New York· 1984-02-15· cited 2×
- C. F. W. Construction Co. v. McNuttMississippi Supreme Court· 1965-11-08
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