Case Name: The Metropolitan Securities Co. v. Martin Orlow et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 420
Docket Number: No. 17648
Parties: The Metropolitan Securities Co. v Martin Orlow et al.
Judges: Robinson, Jones and Matthias, concur. Wanamaker, Day and Allen, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 420–420

Head Matter:
No. 17648
The Metropolitan Securities Co. v Martin Orlow et al.
Certified by the Court of Appeals of Lorain county.
LIENS — COMMON LAW — (1) Upon chattel prop erty — (2) Lien of mortgage upon, superior t common law lien for repairs — (3) Duties of mort gagor as caretaker, does not authorize creatioi of a prior lien.

Opinion:
MARSHALL, C. J.
1. An artisan who furnishes material or perform labor for the building or repair of chattel propert; has a valid common law lien upon such chatte property for the reasonable value of such labor an< materials while he retains such chattel property ii his possession.
2. Where such chattel property is encumbered b; a valid chattel mortgage, properly executed an< filed, according to the statutes of Ohio in sucl cases made and provided, such record is construe tive notice to persons who thereafter perform labo: or furnish materials in repairing such chattel prop erty, and the common law lien of such artisan i; subordinate to the lien of the mortgagee thereon.
3. A covenant in a chattel mortgage that th< mortgagor will take care of the property, and kee; it in first-class condition and order at all times, a mortgagor's expense, does not constitute the mort gagor the agent of the mortgagee or authorize thi mortgagor, by his contract for repairs, to creati any lien which will take priority over such mort gagor. .
Judgment for plaintiff in error.
Robinson, Jones and Matthias, concur. Wanamaker, Day and Allen, JJ., dissent.