Stanwood v. Woodward
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Stanwood v. Woodward, 38 Me. 192 (Me. 1854)
Appleton, Cutting, Rice, Shepley, Tenney
Stanwood v. Woodward
Opinion of the Court
— 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.
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