Jones v Pearle
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1795 |
| Date | 01 January 1795 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 93 E.R. 698
COURTS OF CHANCERY, KING'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS AND EXCHEQUER
698 TRINITY TERM, 9 GEO. 18TBANOB, M7. [557] jones vers. pearle. Pas. 9 Geo. Eot. 21. Innkeeper cannot sell the guest's horse for keeping, except in London. Lien once parted with is gone for ever. In trover for three horses, the defendant pleaded, that he kept a publick inn at Glastenbury, and that the plaintiff was a carrier and used to set up his horses there, and 361. being due to him for the keeping the horses, which was more than they were worth, he detained and sold them, prout ei bene licuit: and on demurrer judgment was given for the plaintiff, an innkeeper having no power to sell horses, except within the City of London. 2 Roll. Abr. 85. 1 Vent. 71. Mo. 876. Yel. 67. And besides, when the horses had been once out, the power of detaining tbem for what was due before did not subsist at their coming in again (1). (1) In Wilkins v...
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