United Engine Parts, Inc. v. Ried

Plaintiff filed suit to foreclose a statutory possessory 1 lien on defendants’ hay hauling truck to pay for the reasonable value of labor and materials provided by the plaintiff to the defendants 2 in repairing the truck. Defendant denied plaintiff’s right to the lien and counterclaimed for damages for his loss of use of the truck for the short period during which the plaintiff withheld possession of the truck from the defendant pursuant to the asserted lien. The trial court, sitting as a court of equity, found for the defendant, both on plaintiff’s suit and on defendant’s counterclaim. The…