Stott v. Scott

Citations

• 68 Tex. 302
• 4 S.W. 494
• 1887 Tex. LEXIS 686

Syllabus

<p>1. Lien of Livery Stable Proprietor.—The Statute (Rev. Stats., art. 3183) which confers a lien in favor of proprietors of livery stables upon all animals placed with them for feed, care and attention, has no application when the animal is placed in the stable by one not the ojyner, and whose possession of the animal, or whose agency to control the same, is unauthorized.</p> <p>2. Cases Approved.—Dodd v. Arnold, 28 Texas, 101; McCreary v. Gaines, 55 Texas, 485; Small v. Robinson, 69 Maine, 425; Robinson v. Baker, 6 Cushman, 127; Saltus v. Everett, 20 Wendell, 267, and Gibson v. Gwinn, 107 Massachusetts, in so far as they refer to extent of a livery stable keeper’s lien, approved.</p>