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1 Yeates 34

Sneider v. Geiss

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 15, 1791

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1791-07-15

Suit against the defendant as an innkeeper, for 230 Spanish milled dollars, on the custom of the country. The narr also contained a count in trover, for the money.. It appeared in evidence, that the plaintiff usually lodged at defendant’s inn in Philadelphia, and had several times before delivered parcels of money to Elizabeth Geltner, his stepdaughter, to be taken care of for him.

Cited by 1 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1762

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Decided 1791-07-15

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*By THE Court.

¶1There is no evidence of a conversion, pgg *- which is the gist of an action of trover; so that on that count the plaintiff must fail. But whether the defendant is chargeable on the general custom as an innkeeper, is the question. On principles of law, an innkeeper is liable for whatever is deposited in his house, and this on grounds of the soundest policy and public convenience. But the true point in the case is, whether the plaintiff did not repose his trust and confidence in Elizabeth Geltner, whom he was courting, and to whom he had always heretofore trusted his money for safe keeping. If the jury are satisfied that he did, then the case is taken out of the general rule, as 'he did not rest on the security of the inn: if otherwise, the verdict should be for the plaintiff.

¶2Verdict for defendant.

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