How have common law principles been interpreted in common law?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bucholtz v. Sirotkin Travel Ltd., 343 N.Y.S.2d 438, 74 Misc.2d 180 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 1973):
Sometimes we must go deep into the past to find ancient principles and mold them to take care of new problems. The policy of the common law from ancient times has been to safeguard the traveler. Speaking of the rule at common law which held the innkeeper liable as an insurer of the property left in his custody by a guest, the court, in Hulett v. Swift, 33 N.Y. 571, (1865) said:
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