Universal Credit Co. v. Printy

SADLER, Justice.

The question for decision is whether an automobile mechanic loses the lien reserved to him by 1929 Comp., § 82-401, for repairs on an automobile as against the conditional seller under a duly recorded conditional sales contract by consenting that such automobile be removed from his, the mechanic’s, control or possession following completion of the repairs.

The question arose in a replevin suit by the assignee of the conditional sales contract against the defendant who made the repairs on the automobile. The conditional purchaser was in default in the payment of the purchase…