CENTRAL GMC, INC. v. HELMS

No. 144, September Term, 1984.

303 Md. 266 (1985)

492 A.2d 1313

CENTRAL GMC, INC. v. ROY S. HELMS ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for Reconsideration Denied July 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Sher, Chevy Chase, for appellant.

Steven R. Migdal, Annapolis (Manis, Wilkinson, Snider and Goldsborough, Annapolis, on the brief), for appellees.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.


SMITH, Judge.

We shall here hold that appellant, Central GMC, Inc., did not hold a garageman's lien on a garbage truck at the time it made sale of that truck under its purported lien. Hence, the trial judge properly entered judgment for appellee, Roy S. Helms, on his suit against Central for conversion of his truck.

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The facts are basically undisputed. In September 1978 Helms entered into a contract to purchase a used Kenworth garbage truck from...

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