Auto Security Co. v. Mickens
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 183, Oct. T., 1922, by Harry Chervin, intervening defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1920, No. 1941, for plaintiff, non obstante veredicto, on verdict for intervening defendant in the case of Auto Security Company v. Clarence C. Mickens and Hardy J. Green, defendants, and Harry Chervin, individually, and trading as Cayuga Garage and Repair Shop, intervening defendant. Replevin to recover possession of an automobile.
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Appeal, No. 183, Oct. T., 1922, by Harry Chervin, intervening defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1920, No. 1941, for plaintiff, non obstante veredicto, on verdict for intervening defendant in the case of Auto Security Company v. Clarence C. Mickens and Hardy J. Green, defendants, and Harry Chervin, individually, and trading as Cayuga Garage and Repair Shop, intervening defendant. Replevin to recover possession of an automobile. Before Ferguson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict for the intervening defendant in the sum of $500.…
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Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The plaintiff, the Auto Security Company, issued a writ of replevin against Mickens and Green to recover possession of an automobile, which it had leased to them. When the sheriff took possession, he found the car in the shop of Harry Chervin, intervening defendant. Chervin had made repairs to the automobile and claimed a lien for the same. He states that before such repairs were made, he had received authority to do so from the Auto Security Company .through its president. The jury found in favor of the intervening defendant for the amount of his claim, but the court…
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