Franchinia v. Palumbo

Citations

• 79 Pa. Super. 234
• 1922 Pa. Super. LEXIS 221

Syllabus

<p>Hotel — Innheepors — Responsibility for stolen goods — Articles left in room — Act of June 12, 1918, P. L. 181.</p> <p>An. innkeeper, as to articles properly retained by guests in their rooms, is practically in the position of an insurer while the guest remains in his house. The Act of June 12, 1913, P. L. 481, does not change the responsibility of the innkeeper with respect to articles of clothing and wearing apparel left in a room assigned to a guest.</p> <p>In ah action to recover damages for the loss of clothing which was stolen from a room in a hotel, during the absence of the registered guest, a verdict for the plaintiff will be sustained, where the evidence established that tbe lock of room door bad been broken and tbe articles taken from tbe room.</p>