HOLLY v. MEYERS HOTEL AND TAVERN, INC.


15 N.J. Super. 381 (1951)

83 A.2d 460

ETHEL HOLLY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. MEYERS HOTEL AND TAVERN, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided September 26, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John A. Laird argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Nathan Cholodenko, attorney).

Mr. Andrew Lawrie argued the cause for respondent.

Before Judges McGEEHAN, JAYNE, and Wm. J. BRENNAN, JR.


The opinion of the court was delivered by JAYNE, J.A.D.

The law applicable to the responsibilities of innkeepers is of ancient origin. The most industrious and inquisitive research would probably fail to reveal when and where the first inn as such was established. The historian Herodotus awards the honor of establishing the first hotel to the Lydians. The Scriptures indicate that inns existed in Palestine and its adjoining...

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