Brewer v. Chapman

The evidence upon the first trial of this case is set out in full in Brewer v. Chapman, 92 Ga. App. 563 (88 S. E. 2d 714), where it was held error to grant a nonsuit in a trover action against one in possession of the automobile claiming a mechanic’s lien under Code § 67-2003 as follows: “All mechanics of every sort, for work done and material furnished in manufacturing or repairing personal property, shall have a special lien on the sanie which may be asserted by retention of such property.” This court said (at p. 566) in that opinion: “Whether the defendant had such a lien is determinative…