B is not entitled to retain the coat until he is paid.

General lien of bankers, factors, wharfingers and policy brokers General lien of bankers, factors, wharfingers and policy brokers.— Bankers, factors, wharfingers and policy-brokers may, in the absence of a contract to the contrary, retain as a security for a general balance of account, any goods, bailed to them ;but no other persons have a right to retain, as a security for such balance, goods bailed to them unless there is an express contract to that effect.