DAVID KARP COMPANY v. READ HOUSE, INC.

Civ. A. No. 2129.

136 F.Supp. 372 (1954)

DAVID KARP COMPANY, Inc. v. The READ HOUSE, Inc.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, S. D.

November 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kefauver, Duggan & McDonald, Chattanooga, Tenn., Mayne Miller, Johnson City, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Spears, Reynolds, Moore & Rebman, Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendant.


DARR, Chief Judge.

This case was tried to the Court and a jury resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $300 and a judgment was entered in accordance therewith.

The action sought to enforce the common law liability of an innkeeper and also liability growing out of negligence as bailee. The claim was for the loss of jewelry in the value of $49,794.19, which was contained in cases checked in defendant's hotel where plaintiff's salesman was a guest...

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