C. I. T. Corp. v. Isham Park Garage, Inc.

The facts of the case-were stipulated to be substantially the following:

The plaintiff is an automobile finance company and the holder of a conditional sale contract on an Essex coupe automobile. The automobile was placed in the Isham Park Garage by the conditional purchaser, one Alkuino. On April 9, 1929, the garage had a valid hen for storage in the sum of thirty dollars, the agreement by Alkuino giving the garage a proper hen therefor. (Lien Law, § 184, as amd. by Laws of 1926, chap. 373.)

On April 9, 1929, the plaintiff finance corporation made written demand upon the defendant for…