Phillips v. Catania
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Order and judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed with costs to defendant, in accordance with the following memorandum: County Court erred in awarding judgment to plaintiff in the amount of $450 for the storage of defendant’s automobile. The right of a garageman to a lien for storage charges is purely statutory and must be strictly construed (Lien Law § 184; Wyche v New Amsterdam Garage Corp., 82 Misc 2d 956, 958). "In the absence of a specific agreement, the repairman may not recover damages for storage” (Gotham Credit Corp. v A. & H. Serv. Sta., 120 NYS2d 749,…
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