Bath Motor Mart v. Miller

Action of replevin for an automobile. The defendants plead title in one Addison L. Shute and claim a common law lien for repairs ordered by him.

*30The plaintiff holds a Holmes note signed by said Shute, duly recorded before the repairs were made or contracted for. The lien is not claimed under R. S., Chap. 96, Sec. 56. The conditions imposed by that statute do not appear to have been complied with. It is not shown that the plaintiff knew that the repairs were being made, or that the defendants before .making the repairs had actual knowledge of the Holmes note. Upon the above facts gleaned from…