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2018 Georgia Code 43-21-3 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 21. Operators of Hotels, Inns, and Roadhouses, 43-21-1 through 43-21-62.

ARTICLE 1 RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND LIABILITIES OF INNKEEPERS

43-21-3. Duty of innkeeper to receive guests.

An innkeeper who advertises himself as such is bound to receive as guests, so far as he can accommodate them, all persons of good character who desire accommodation and who are willing to comply with his rules.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2100; Code 1868, § 2095; Code 1873, § 2121; Code 1882, § 2121; Civil Code 1895, § 2939; Civil Code 1910, § 3512; Code 1933, § 52-103.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Valid claims for damages for failure to provide lodging.

- Based on the innkeeper's refusal to provide lodging for the disabled individual and the individual's service dog, the individual's proposed amended complaint stated valid claims for damages under O.C.G.A. §§ 30-4-2 and43-21-3; the amendment was not futile, and leave to amend pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) was granted. Amick v. BM & KM, Inc., 275 F. Supp. 2d 1378 (N.D. Ga. 2003).

Cited in Walker v. State, 220 Ga. 415, 139 S.E.2d 278 (1964); Brown v. Hilton Hotels Corp., 133 Ga. App. 286, 211 S.E.2d 125 (1974).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Improper motive or purpose in going to hotel as affecting one's status as guest, or invitee of a guest, for purpose of determining degree of care owed by proprietor, 16 A.L.R. 1388.

Exclusion of person (for reason other than color or race) from place of public entertainment or amusement, 1 A.L.R.2d 1165.

Punitive damages for wrongful ejection or rejection of guest from hotel or restaurant, 14 A.L.R.2d 715.

Civil rights: actionability under state statutes of discrimination because of complaining party's association with persons of different race, color, or the like, 35 A.L.R.3d 859.

Hotel or innkeeper's liability for refusal to honor reservation, 58 A.L.R.3d 369.

Recovery of damages as remedy for wrongful discrimination under state or local civil rights provisions, 85 A.L.R.3d 351.

What constitutes private club or association not otherwise open to public that is exempt from state civil rights statute, 83 A.L.R.5th 467.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 43-21-3 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

EFFICIENCY LODGE, INC. v. NEASON

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-06-21

Snippet: agreed-upon time period must have expired. OCGA § 43-21-3.2. Under this lockout remedy,

Johnson v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2009-06-01

Citation: 679 S.E.2d 340, 285 Ga. 571, 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 1843, 2009 Ga. LEXIS 288

Snippet: at 868-869. [10] Id. at 868. [11] See OCGA § 43-21-3.1(b), which provides that a hotel need not provide