Universal C.I.T. Credit Corp. v. Rater

In this action, through the ancillary remedy of claim and delivery, plaintiff sought to recover possession of two motor vehicles from defendant Rater. Plaintiff is the assignee and owner of a conditional sales contract between defendant Hill, the registered owner of said vehicles, and one Walter Burge Ford. Defendant Hill had turned these motor vehicles over to defendant Rater, who operates the J & R Garage, for the purpose of having certain repairs made on said vehicles.

Rater made repairs on said vehicles, totalling $1,150.42, for which he claimed a lien (see Civ. Code, §3068, subd. (a)).…