Is an innkeeper liable for loss of goods in a room that has been left in the commercial room?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Vicars v. Arnold, 1914 CanLII 145 (SK CA):
In Armistead v. Wilde, 17 A. & E., p. 264, Patteson, J., says: “I take the law to be clear that the innkeeper is primâ facie liable for the loss of goods in his house, though they are left in the commercial room.”
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