Blye v. Globe-Wernicke Realty Co.

This is an action brought by a former guest at a hotel, who was locked out of her room for nonpayment of charges. She seeks an injunction against the continued holding of her baggage, damages, and a judgment declaring unconstitutional section 181 of the Lien Law and sections 207 and 208 of the General Business Law insofar as those statutes authorize the keeper of a hotel, inn, boarding or rooming house to seize and hold a guest’s property without prpvision for notice and prior hearing and to sell same at public auction without provision for judicial or administrative intervention.

Plaintiff is…