NICKELL v. LAMBRECHT

Docket No. 8165.

29 Mich. App. 191 (1970)

185 N.W.2d 155

NICKELL v. LAMBRECHT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald R. Stempien, for plaintiff.

Frazer & Popkin, for defendant.

Before: T.M. BURNS, P.J., and LEVIN and DAVIDSON, JJ.


LEVIN, J.

In this case we hold that where a "lease" of personal property is in substance a conditional sale, a mechanic who repairs the property at the request of the lessee-purchaser has a common-law lien for the amount of the repairs superior to the security interest of the unpaid lessor-seller.

The plaintiff, the registered owner of a highway tractor, entered into a rental agreement leasing the tractor to...

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