Jones v. Morrill
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the city court of Brooklyn. The action was brought to recover the possession of personal property, consisting of bed room furniture, books, &c. In his answer the defendant denied that he ever became possessed of or detained from the plaintiff any of the articles mentioned in the complaint, except certain articles specified-in the answer.
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APPEAL from a judgment of the city court of Brooklyn. The action was brought to recover the possession of personal property, consisting of bed room furniture, books, &c. In his answer the defendant denied that he ever became possessed of or detained from the plaintiff any of the articles mentioned in the complaint, except certain articles specified-in the answer. And as to the other articles, he denied that the plaintiff ever demanded the same from him, or that he refused to permit her to take them, or any of them. And as to the articles enumerated, he alleged that the same were brought,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
J. F. Barnard, J.
By the act of the legislature passed in 1860, “for the protection of boarding housekeepers” (Sess. Laws of 1860, eh. 446,) it is enacted : “The keeper of a boarding house shall have the same lien upon, and right to detain, the baggage and effects of any boarder, for the amount which may be due for board by such boarder, to the same extent and in the same manner, as innkeepers have such lien and such right of detention.” The right of lien of the keeper of an inn is settled at common law, and is based upon sound reasons. He was compelled to receive the guest, and…
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