Bankers' Commercial Security Co. v. Brennan

Citations

• 75 Pa. Super. 199
• 1920 Pa. Super. LEXIS 249

Syllabus

<p>Bailments — Automobiles—Repairs ordered by bailee — Lien of repairman — Replevin..</p> <p>A mechanic who has made repairs to an automobile, at the request of one who has possession .thereof under a bailment lease* does not have a lien on the automobile for his services, against the real owner, and the latter is entitled to repossess himself of his property in an action of replevin.</p> <p>Whenever a workman or artisan by his labor or skill increases the value of personal property placed in his possession to be improved he has a lien on it for his proper charges until paid, but in order to charge a chattel with this lien the labor for which the lien is claimed must have been done at the request of the owner, or under circumstances from which his assent can be reasonably implied. It does not extend to one not in privity with the owner.</p>