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Innkeeper

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

The keeper of a common inn for the lodging and entertainment of travelers and passengers, their horses and attendants, for a reasonable compensation.

Bac. Abr. "Inns," etc.; Story, Bailm. § 475.

But one who entertains strangers occasionally, although he may receive compensation for it, is not an innkeeper.

2 Dev. & B, (Nf. C.) 424; 7 Ga. 296.