Saxton v. Gemehl

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 177
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 276

Syllabus

<p>Bailments — Bailor and bailee — Liens—Replevin.</p> <p>An automobile dealer who carries on a business of receiving, storing and repairing automobiles, for the purpose of selling them as agent of their owners, is a bailee for hire and is entitled to compensation for taking care of the property of the bailors; as such he has a lien for storage charges, accruing while the cars are in his possession.</p> <p>There is nothing antagonistic or inconsistent in the claim for compensation for storage charges, and the assertion of a lien therefor, with the additional right to a lien for amounts due for repairs.</p>