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.