Lee Schneider
Business Law II – BULGL 319 – Section
Homework #1
1. No, the hotelkeeper is not liable for the theft of the property left in the safe. Because the
hotelkeeper is not seen as a typical bailee they are held to a higher standard than usual bailees
and are treated as the virtual insurer of the guest’s property. But if the hotelkeeper can show
that the theft was caused by an act of public enemy, among other things, they will not be held
liable. Since the hotel claimed that the robbery was indeed an act of public enemy, their liability
was released. Another argument that the hotelkeeper could make would be that they are not
regularly robbed, so any reasonable person would not find a reason to be overly cautious now.
2. The will needs to be in writing, there needs to be witnessed by two or three disinterested
people who do not stand to inherit any property under the will, the will needs to be signed by
the testator or by someone appointed by the testator, the testator needs to publish the will by
declaring at the time of the signing that the instrument is his/her will, the testator needs to sign