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DAVID KARP COMPANY v. READ HOUSE, INC.

No. 12432.

228 F.2d 185 (1955)

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

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 13, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben O. Duggan, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., Mayne W. Miller, Johnson City, Tenn., (U. L. McDonald, Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief), for appellant.

Alvin O. Moore, Chattanooga, Tenn., (A. F. Rebman, III, Spears, Reynolds, Moore & Rebman, Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before ALLEN, MARTIN and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court entered upon a jury verdict in an action for damages for the loss of jewelry (valued at approximately $50,000) contained in cases checked in appellee's hotel, where appellant's salesman was a guest. The applicable statute is Section 6680 of the Tennessee Code, which protects innkeepers from liability provided they have a safe or other convenient place for the safekeeping of jewels and other property...

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