O.C.G.A. § 43-21-3 (2019)
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.
History
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.
Annotations
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 and 43-21-3; 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, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18620 (N.D. Ga. 2003).
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.