Jordan v. J. E. Rotten & Co.

The plaintiffs in this suit are mechanics, and as such claim a lien on a certain Ford car for work and repairs and parts furnished for said car at the request of the owner. They seek to enforce their statutory lien under section 8863 of the Code of 1923, by attachment as is provided by statute. So far as the defendant in the original suit is concerned, the plaintiffs’ right seems clear and undisputed. But this claimant claims priority by reason of a mortgage on the automobile executed by defendant to him on June 15, 1928, and duly recorded in the office of the judge of probate of Olay county…