 | Mungo Ponton Brown - Contracts - 1821 - 656 pages
...the development of the distinction between them and the proper cases of stoppage in transitu. A lien is ' a right in one man to retain that which is in his pos' session belonging to another, till certain demands of him, the ' person in possession, are satisfied,'... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1823 - 512 pages
...those not then due. In delivering the opinion of the court, Mr. Justice Grose laid down that a lien is a right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, till certain demands of him, the party in possession, are satisfied. The evident consideration on which... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1833 - 916 pages
...the goods. Let us see what a lien is. In Hammond v. Barclay (a), Mr. Justice Grose says — " A lien is a right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, till certain demands of him, the person in possession, are satisfied." The Master of the Rolls, in... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Peregrine Bingham - Law reports, digests, etc - 1833 - 812 pages
...lien on the goods. Let us see what a lien is. In Hammonds v. Barclay (a), Mr. J. Grose says, " a lien is a right in one man, to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, till certain demands of him, the person in possession, are satisfied." " The Master of the Rolls, in... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - Law reports, digests, etc - 1835 - 680 pages
...goods. Let us see what a lien is ? In Hammond v. Barclay, 2 East, 227, Mr. Justice Grose says, " A lien is a right in one man to retain that " which is in his possession belonging to another till " certain demands of him, the person in possession, are " satisfied." The Master of the Rolls,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Richard Bligh - Law reports, digests, etc - 1835 - 516 pages
...on the goods. Let us see what a lien is. IB Hammond v. Barclay*, Mr. Justice Grose says, " A " lien is a right in one man to retain that which is in " his possession, belonging to another, till certain " demands of him, the person in possession, are sa" tisfied." The Master of the Rolls,... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - Law - 1835 - 862 pages
...such property cannot be demanded by its owner. In 2 East, 235, Lord Ellenborough defined a lien to be e charge till certain demands of him, the person in possession, are satisfied. The possession must be lawful... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Edward Hyde East - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 658 pages
...off what has been paid by Fentham in the disbursements and acceptances stated in the case ? A lien is a right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, till certain demands of him the person in possession are satisfied. That the defendants have a right... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 810 pages
...purchase money, a vendor's lien upon land for the payment of the purchase money. A common law lien is a right in one man to retain that which is in his...demands of him, the person in possession are satisfied. The lien is founded upon the idea of possession, and attaches exclusively to personal property. Bispham's... | |
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A right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another until certain demands of him, the person in possession, are satisfied'. 
