Inn

A house where a traveller Is furnished with.everything he has occasion for while on his way.

Bac. Abr. Inns (B); 3 B. & Aid. 283; Kisten v. Hildebrand, 9 B. Monr. (Ky.) 72, 48 Am. Dec. 416.

A public house of entertainment for all who choose to visit it.

Wintermute v. Clarke, 6 Sandf. <N. Y.) 247; Fay V. Imp. Co., 93 Cal. 253, 26 Pac. 1099, 28 Pac. 943, 16 L. R. A. 188, 27 Am. St. Rep. 198; Foster v. State, 84 Ala. 451, 4 South. 833.

A coffee-house or a mere eating-house is not an inn. To constitute an inn there must be some provision for the essential needs of a traveller upon his Journey, namely, lodging as well as food; 13 Rep. 299, citing People V. Jones, 54 Barb. (N. Y.) 316.

See Innkeepeb.