GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES |
Chapter 21. OPERATORS OF HOTELS, INNS, AND ROADHOUSES |
Article 1. RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND LIABILITIES OF INNKEEPERS |
Section 43-21-8. Liability of innkeeper for stolen goods
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- An innkeeper shall exercise extraordinary diligence in preserving the property entrusted to his care by his guests, provided that, if the loss of such entrusted property occurs through theft and if the guest has complied with all reasonable rules of the inn, the innkeeper shall be liable as an insurer of the stolen property.
Orig. Code 1863, § 2096; Code 1868, § 2091; Code 1873, § 2117; Code 1882, § 2117; Civil Code 1895, § 2935; Civil Code 1910, § 3508; Code 1933, § 52-108.