Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Becket
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Sixth District. Action by the Singer Manufacturing Company against Mary A. Becket. From a judgment determining plaintiff’s lien on a chattel after submission on stated facts, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
While much attention has been devoted by counsel to the question of the constitutionality of chapter 6o8, p. 1775, Of the Laws of 1902, so far as the statute extends a warehouseman's *392lien as against mortgagees and sellers upon conditional sales, the record before us does not present" the point for the purpose of our determination of the appeal. This statute, which bears no indication of an intended retroactive application, took effect April 15, 1902, from which date, with acquiescence by the plaintiff, the defendant’s lien for storage has been sustained; and there is no merit in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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