Albert Lifson & Sons, Inc. v. Williams

This is an action in replevin. The plaintiff seeks to recover possession of certain furniture it claims to have leased to the defendant Serena Conde Nash. She, in turn, stored the goods with the defendant Williams, who resists the present action and claims a lien upon the goods to the extent of the storage charges under the so-called “Uniform Warehouse Receipts law.” 4 Comp. Stat. p. 5776.

The testimony tended to establish that on the 10th day of September, 1930, Mrs. Nash negotiated with the plaintiff and acquired certain furniture under an arrangement which the plaintiff claims was merely a…