Hall v. Smedley Co.

This action pertained to the ownership and right of possession of numerous articles of household furniture and other personal property which had been contained in premises known as the Ferry Tavern, in Old Lyme, owned by the plaintiff, in which the defendant Helen F. Ryan, under an agreement with the plaintiff, conducted and managed a hotel business from 1924 to 1928. The contents of the premises included property previously owned by the plaintiff and removed thereto from other places, articles purchased and placed therein while Mrs. Ryan was in possession, and still other property brought by…