
Length5h 44m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "We drove up to the "Occidental House" in the bus belonging to that famous establishment. The satchel of a fellow-traveler was lost off the top of the carriage. I endeavoured to console him with the information that years ago, where the keeper of a public house gave notice that he would furnish a free conveyance to and from the cars to all passengers, with their baggage, and for that purpose employed the owner of certain carriages to take passengers and their baggage, free of charge, to his house, and a traveler, who knew of this arrangement, drove in one of these cabs to the hotel, and on the way there had his trunk lost or stolen through the want of skill or care of the driver, the innkeeper was held liable to make good the loss. The court that decided the point held that it was immaterial whether he was responsible as a common carrier or as an innkeeper, as in either case the consideration for the undertaking was the profit to be derived from the entertainment of the traveler as a guest, and that an implied promise to take care of the baggage was founded on such consideration."
Audiobook details
GenreOther, Self-Help
Length5 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Preface
8Chapter VII. HORSES AND STABLES.
2Chapter I. A COMMON INN AND INNKEEPER.
9Chapter VIII. WHAT IS A LIEN?
3Chapter II. CITY HOUSE AND MANNERS.
10Chapter IX. DUTIES OF A BOARDING-HOUSE KEEPER.
4Chapter III. ACCIDENTS, ROOMS, DOGS.
11Chapter X. MORE ABOUT BOARDING-HOUSE KEEPERS.
5Chapter IV. GUESTS, WAGERS, AND GAMES.
12Chapter XI. CHARMS OF FURNISHED APARTMENTS.
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6Chapter V. SAFES AND BAGGAGE.
13Chapter XII. NOTICE TO QUIT, AND TURNING OUT.
7Chapter VI. FIRE, RATS, AND BURGLARS.