Innkeeper
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
One who keeps an inn or house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers. The keeper of a common inn for the lodging and entertainment of travelers and passengers, their horses and attendants, for a reasonable compensation.
Story, Bailm. § 475.
One who keeps a tavern or coffee-house in which lodging is provided.
2 Steph. Comm. 133.
One who receives as guests all who choose to visit his house, without any previous agreement as to the time of their stay, or the terms. His liability as innkeeper ceases when his guest pays his bill, and leaves the house with the declared intention of not returning, notwithstanding the guest leaves his baggage behind him.
5 Sandf. 243.