O'MALLEY v. Rapidan River Farm

MEMORANDUM ORDER KELLAM, Senior District Judge.

This case came on appeal to the United States District Court from an Order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia entered on July 14, 1982, ordering Appellant Rapidan River Farm (Rapidan) to release into the possession of Appellee Orange O’Malley three horses in which Rapidan claimed a statutory liveryman’s lien. The facts are summarized here. Appellee is the owner of two horses and lessee of a third horse. On June 27, 1981, O’Malley placed all three horses in the possession of Appellant Rapidan, a farm engaged…