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  "id": 3022987,
  "name": "Rafael Palas, Appellee, v. Harvey Room Company. Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Palas v. Harvey Room Co.",
  "decision_date": "1918-07-10",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,869",
  "first_page": "580",
  "last_page": "581",
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      "cite": "211 Ill. App. 580"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Rafael Palas, Appellee, v. Harvey Room Company. Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Thomson\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n5. Innkeepers \u2014 what is essential to limitation of liability for guest\u2019s money deposited with clerh by posted notice. To limit an innkeeper\u2019s liability for a guest\u2019s money, intrusted to the innkeeper\u2019s clerk, by posting a notice, it is necessary that the notice shall have been clear and explicit and that the innkeeper show that knowledge of the notice was brought home to the guest, and the mere posting on the hotel wall of r. sign reading, \u201cNot responsible for valuables or money lost or stolen in its premises beyond the value of $5.00,\u201d without any showing that it was brought to the guest\u2019s knowledge, is not sufficient to relieve the innkeeper from liability for a sum of money in excess of that amount intrusted by a guest to the clerk and stolen by him.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Thomson"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Glenn P. Sayers, for appellant.",
      "George W. Cullen, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Rafael Palas, Appellee, v. Harvey Room Company. Appellant.\nGen. No. 23,869.\n(Not to Tbe reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Innkeepebs, \u00a7 7 \u2014 when liable for loss of money deposited with cleric by guest. Where the guest of an innkeeper deposits money with the latter\u2019s clerk for safe-keeping and the clerk absconds with it, the innkeeper will be liable.\n2. Innkeepebs \u2014 right by notice to require conformance by guests with rules. An innkeeper may by notice require his guests to conform to reasonable rules.\n3. Innkeepebs \u2014 when no right to limit liability to guests by posted notice. Except as provided by the statute (J. & A. If 6193), an innkeeper may not limit his legal liability to his guests by posting a notice.\n4. Innkeepers, \u00a7 7* \u2014 right of guest to assume that cleric is proper person with whom, to leave money. An innkeeper\u2019s guest has the right to assume that the innkeeper\u2019s clerk, who has charge of the office, is one with whom he may properly leave money up to a reasonable amount for safe-keeping.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John P. Haas, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1917.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed July 10, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction Toy Rafael Palas, plaintiff, against Harvey Room Company, a corporation, defendant, to recover for the loss of money intrusted to defendant\u2019s clerk for safe-keeping while plaintiff was a guest in defendant\u2019s hotel. From a judgment for plaintiff for $140, defendant appeals.\nGlenn P. Sayers, for appellant.\nGeorge W. Cullen, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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