Indiana Supreme Court October 17, 1941, No. 27,515. (New Harmony Memorial Commission v. Harris)

Swaim, J.

The appellee, Joe C. Harris, was a guest in the inn or hotel, known as “The Tavern,” which was located in New Harmony, Indiana, and which was being operated by the appellant, The New Harmony Memorial Commission. While a guest in said hotel the appellee delivered to one Ola Reece, the commission’s employee in charge of the hotel, the sum of. $212.00, for safekeeping over night.