BAILMENTS - RIGHT OF BAILEE FOR HIRE TO LIMIT HIS LIABILITY BY CONTRACT WITH THE BAILOR

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

Plaintiff, a guest of the defendant hotel, left his trunk at the hotel check room and received a receipt which stated on the back that the defendant would not be liable in excess of $25 for any loss resulting from its negligence. When the plaintiff called for the trunk, it could not be found. Held, the defendant is liable for the full value of the trunk, since a bailee for hire cannot limit his liability for his own negligence. Oklahoma City Hotel Co. v. Levine, (Okla. 1941) 116 P. (2d) 997.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, BAILMENTS - RIGHT OF BAILEE FOR HIRE TO LIMIT HIS LIABILITY BY CONTRACT WITH THE BAILOR, 40 Mich. L. Rev. 897 (1942).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol40/iss6/9