Van Laar v. Marchesini

The main question presented in this case is whether a hoarding-house keeper has a lien upon chattels brought on the premises by a boarder, but owned by a third party. •

Plaintiff was the owner of certain furniture, which he loaned to one Von Hochenberg, with the understanding that the latter would use it for about a month *187in a certain apartment, and would then store it for plaintiff’s benefit. Von Hochenberg used it as agreed for about a month, and thereafter, instead of storing it, engaged board in defendant’s boarding-house and brought the furniture there with him for his personal use,…