“An innkeeper is bound to take in _all travellers and wayfaring
persons_, and to entertain them, if he can accommodate them,
for a reasonable compensation.… If an innkeeper improperly
refuses to receive or provide for a guest, he is liable to be
indicted therefor.”[189]
Chancellor Kent states the rule briefly, but with fulness and
precision:--
“An innkeeper cannot lawfully refuse to receive guests to the
extent of his reasonable accommodations; nor can he impose
unreasonable terms upon them.”[190]