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DAVIS v. RICHMOND

No. 74-1338.

512 F.2d 201 (1975)

George S. DAVIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Moses RICHMOND et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Stonefield, Springfield, Mass., for appellant.

Edward T. Dangel, III, with whom Dangel & Smith, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, George Davis, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a former landlord asserting that distraint of his personal effects under the Massachusetts Boardinghouse Lien Statute, Mass.G.L. c. 255, § 23, violated the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. Section 23 gives boardinghouse and lodging-house keepers a possessory lien, on guests' baggage and effects

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