Berry v. Riley

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed by Edwin A. Riley for the purpose of obtaining possession of certain items of personal property being held by William V. Berry by virtue of a claimed landlord’s lien. Berry answered impleading Mama Mia’s, Inc. as a third party defendant seeking the foreclosure of a landlord’s lien, and crossacted against Edwin A. Riley seeking to quiet title to the personal property. On its own motion the trial court severed the action of Berry against Mama Mia’s and proceeded to trial on the claim of Edwin A. Riley against William V. Berry. The case was tried to the…