Finch v. Miller

The legal issue is whether plaintiffs’ lien for repairs to Miller’s Chevrolet automobile has priority over the prior perfected security interest of the defendant Credithrift in the same automobile.

ORS 79.3100 ① provides that a possessory lien for work on chattels has priority over a previously perfected security interest. ② ORS 87.100 at the date pertinent to this case provided, in part:

“* * * The lien of every person as provided in ORS 87.085 [nonpossessory liens for labor on chattels] shall be superior to the rights of the person holding the title to the chattel or any lien thereon…