Matthews v. Victor Hotel Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the City Court of the city of Hew York, entered in favor of the defendant, after a trial by the court with a jury, and also from an order denying .a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtHestdletow, J.
The action is in replevin by a chattel mortgagee against defendant, an hotel keeper, and involves the question as to an innkeeper’s lien on property brought to the hotel by .a guest as against the holder of a chattel mortgage. The piano, the property in question, was the property of the mortgagor and was brought to the hotel before the execution of the mortgage.' Thereafter and after the execution and filing of the mortgage and the maturity" thereof and default and while the mortgagor, the guest, was still in possession of the piano, the defend ant. acquired the hotel and became the…
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- Waters Co. v. . GerardNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
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- Hersee v. . PorterNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Barnett v. WalkerNew York Supreme Court · 1902
- People ex rel. Smith v. GilonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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