B & B establishments, hotels and the praetorian edictum de nautis cauponibus et stabulariis : cessante ratione legis cessat lex ipsa
Date
2006-01
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Juta Law
Abstract
The most significant action in terms of which innkeepers could be held liable
for the theft of their guests’ property can be traced back to the praetor’s edict
de nautis cauponibus et stabulariis. The actio de recepto was a remedy
granted to give effect to a form of guarantee known as the receptum, to
protect a customer who had to deliver his possessions into the custody of
mariners, innkeepers or stable-keepers, the so-called nautae, caupones and
stabularii (see Davis v Lockstone 1921 AD 154 at 157; Gabriel & another v
Enchanted Bed and Breakfast CC 2002 (6) SA 597 (C); Reinhard Zimmermann
The Law of Obligations: Roman Foundations of the Civilian Tradition
(1990) 515).
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CITATION: Van Der Bijl, C. 2006. B & B establishments, hotels and the praetorian edictum de nautis cauponibus et stabulariis : cessante ratione legis cessat lex ipsa?. South African Law Journal, 123(4):570-578.
The original publication is available at https://journals.co.za/content/journal/ju_salj
The original publication is available at https://journals.co.za/content/journal/ju_salj
Keywords
Damages -- South Africa, Theft -- South Africa, Liability (Law) -- South Africa, Hospitality industry -- South Africa
Citation
Van Der Bijl, C. 2006. B & B establishments, hotels and the praetorian edictum de nautis cauponibus et stabulariis : cessante ratione legis cessat lex ipsa?. South African Law Journal, 123(4):570-578.