Baumann v. Post
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from ninth district court. Action by Samuel Baumann against Edward S. Post. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from ninth district court. Action by Samuel Baumann against Edward S. Post. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Laws N. Y. 1885, c. 526, g 1, (4 Rev. St., 8th Ed., p. 2519,) provides that “a warehouseman, or person lawfully engaged exclusively in the business of storing goods, wares, and merchandise for hire, shall have a lien for his storage charges, for moneys advanced by him for cartage, labor, weighing, and coopering paid on goods deposited and stored with him, and such lien shall extend to and include all legal demands for storage, and said above-described…
1Opinion of the CourtBookstaver, J.
The action was brought to recover the possession of furniture claimed by the plaintiff under two certain chattel mortgages, on which-the defendant claimed a lien as a warehouseman. The judgment was based upon an agreed statement of facts, from which it appears that the plaintiff, a furniture dealer, on or about the 14th of December, 1888, sold and delivered to one Helen Funk all the furniture in question, except one barrel-head couch, for the sum of $329.59. Of this amount she paid $40 in cash, and agreed to pay the remainder in installments of $20 on the-7th of each month thereafter until…
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