Gulf Coast State Bank v. Nelms

525 S.W.2d 866 (1975)

GULF COAST STATE BANK, Petitioner,

v.

Elmo NELMS et al., Respondents.

No. B-5037.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 16, 1975.

McCall & McCall, Leroy McCall, Hamshire, Shannon, Gracey, Ratcliff & Miller, Charles N. Curry, Fort Worth, for petitioner.

Dearman, Myers & Brown, W. Dan Myers, Claude B. Masters, Houston, for respondents.

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

The bank has a perfected security interest in an automobile, and a mechanic later performs substantial repairs on the car. Neither the bank nor the mechanic has been paid. The sole question presented is whether an artisan, claiming a…