Order and judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed with costs to defendant, in accordance with the following memorandum:
County Court erred in awarding judgment to plaintiff in the amount of $450 for the storage of defendant's automobile. The right of a garageman to a lien for storage charges is purely statutory and must be strictly construed (Lien Law § 184; Wyche v New Amsterdam Garage Corp.,
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