164 P. 714 | Or. | 1917
delivered the opinion of the court.
The statute giving the security designed to be afforded in such a case reads:
“Every * * automobile repairer * * who has expended labor, skill, and materials on any chattel at the request of its owner, reputed owner, or authorized agent of the owner, shall have a lien upon said chattel for the contract price of such expenditure * '* notwithstanding the fact that the possession of such chattel has been surrendered to the owner thereof”: Section 7497, L. O. L.
It is contended: (1) That the plaintiff, within the language of the enactment, is not an automobile repairer; (2) that he did not expend any labor, services or skill upon the car; (3) that the automobile was never in his possession so as to be the basis of a lien; and (4) that the right to such security is given only
It will be remembered that on the occasions referred to the defendant Clark left the car in the street in front of the plaintiff’s place of business, and was absent when the-repairs were made to the wheel. While he was away, at least, the plaintiff had such possession of the vehicle as to entitle him to a lien, though the custody of the automobile was surrendered, when the repairs were made, to the reputed owner. The tires were supplied by the plaintiff in connection with the labor which he caused to be performed in making the repairs, and such being the case, no error was committed in declaring the validity of the lien or in foreclosing the security thus given.
It follows that the decree should be affirmed, and it is so ordered. Affirmed.