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INNKEEPERS ACT 1878

INNKEEPERS ACT 1878 - LONG TITLE

An Act for the further relief of Innkeepers.
[8th August 1878]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1894

INNKEEPERS ACT 1878 - SECT 1
Landlord, &c. may dispose of goods left with him after six weeks.

1. The landlord, proprietor, keeper, or manager of any hotel, inn,
or licensed public-house shall, in addition to his ordinary lien,
have the right absolutely to sell and dispose by public auction of
any goods, chattels, carriages, horses, wares, or merchandise which
may have been deposited with him or left in the house he keeps,
or in the coach-house, stable, stable-yard or other premises
appurtenant or belonging thereunto, where the person depositing or
leaving such goods, chattels, carriages, horses, wares, or merchandise
shall be or become indebted to the said innkeeper either for any
board or lodging or for the keep and expenses of any horse or
other animals left with or standing at livery in the stables or
fields occupied by such innkeeper.

Provided, that no such sale shall be made until after the said
goods and chattels, carriages, horses, wares, or merchandise shall
have been for the space of six weeks in such charge or custody or
in or upon such premises without such debt having been paid or
satisfied, and that such innkeeper, after having, out of the
proceeds of such sale, paid himself the amount of any such debt,
together with the costs and expenses of such sale, shall on demand
pay to the person depositing or leaving any such goods, chattels,
carriages, horses, wares, or merchandise the surplus (if any)
remaining after such sale: Provided further, that the debt for the
payment of which a sale is made shall not be any other or greater
debt than the debt for which the goods or other articles could
have been retained by the innkeeper under his lien.

Provided also, that at least one month before any such sale the
landlord, proprietor, keeper, or manager shall cause to be inserted
in one London newspaper and one country newspaper circulating in the
district where such goods, chattels, carriages, horses, wares, or
merchandise, or some of them, shall have been deposited or left, an
advertisement containing notice of such intended sale, and giving
shortly a description of the goods and chattels intended to be
sold, together with the name of the owner or person who deposited
or left the same where known.

INNKEEPERS ACT 1878 - SECT 2
Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as the Innkeepers Act, 1878.