J. C. Walden Auto Co. v. Mixon
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Houston Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. J. C. Walden doing business as the J. C. Walden Auto Company, sought to enforce a lien for repairs upon the automobile of one John P. Harrell, whereupon Travis Mixon interposed claim thereto under a chattel mortgage covering the automobile, and had judgment from which plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The suit was to enforce a lien for material used and labor done in the repair of a certain automobile. The claimant, Mixon, appellee on this appeal, rested his right and title on a mortgage given on the car by the owner, and duly re*347corded, before the repairs were made by plaintiff. The mortgage was due and unpaid at the time of the institution of the suit and the trial. The repairs were authorized by one Harrell, who was then in the lawful possession of the car, and was in such possession at the time the suit was instituted.
Appellant asserted his lien for such material and labor on the car,…
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