Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court September 21, 1885 (Burbank v. Chapin)

Morton, C. J.

The only question which appears to have been raised at the trial is whether the plaintiff, who is an inn-holder, is liable for the value of certain wearing-apparel of the defendant, which was stolen from his room while he was a guest at the plaintiff’s inn.

The case was tried by the presiding justice of the Superior Court, without a jury.