Stanwood v. Woodward

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Stanwood v. Woodward

38 Me. 192

CourtSupreme Judicial Court of Maine

DecidedJuly 1, 1854

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Stanwood v. Woodward, 38 Me. 192 (Me. 1854).

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Shepley, C. J.

— The plaintiff appears to have been the owner of the property replevied. The defendant denies his right to have possession of it, asserting a lien upon it as an inn-keeper for board of the plaintiff „at the Commercial House, in Rockland.

No person can be an inn-holder without being licensed according to the provisions of the statute, c. 36, § 11; Lord v. Jones, 24 Maine, 439.

The defendant canno t establish a lien which will enable him to retain the property of the plaintiff, without proof of his character as an inn-holder. There being no such proof a default must be entered. Defendant defaulted.

Tenney, Rice, Appleton and Cutting, J. J., concurred.

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Shepley, C. J.

— The plaintiff appears to have been the owner of the property replevied. The defendant denies his right to have possession of it, asserting a lien upon it as an inn-keeper for board of the plaintiff „at the Commercial House, in Rockland.

No person can be an inn-holder without being licensed according to the provisions of the statute, c. 36, § 11; Lord v. Jones, 24 Maine, 439.

The defendant canno t establish a lien which will enable him to retain the property of the plaintiff, without proof of his character as an inn-holder. There being no such proof a default must be entered. Defendant defaulted.

Tenney, Rice, Appleton and Cutting, J. J., concurred.

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