SHAMROCK HILTON HOTEL v. CARANAS

No. 643.

488 S.W.2d 151 (1972)

SHAMROCK HILTON HOTEL et al., Appellants, v. Maurice CARANAS et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore F. Weiss, Jr., Baker & Botts, Houston, for appellants.

Tom Connally, John H. Bennett, Jr., Fulbright, Crooker & Jaworski, Houston, for appellees.


BARRON, Justice.

This is an appeal in an alleged bailment case from a judgment non obstante veredicto in favor of plaintiffs below.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, were lodging as paying guests at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel in Houston on the evening of September 4, 1966, when they took their dinner in the hotel restaurant. After completing the meal, Mr. and Mrs. Caranas, plaintiffs, departed the dining area leaving her purse behind. The purse was found by the...

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