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ART. LXIII] GARAGES. 459
20.
See notes to section 1.
22.
To the first note to this section on page 1463 of volume 2 of the Anno-
tated Code, add Shacks v. Ford. 128 Md. 290.
23.
See notes to section 11.
41.
See notes to sections 1 and 13.
Garages.
1918, ch. 403, sec. 52.
54. Whenever a motor vehicle or any part thereof is left by the
owner thereof or by any other person with his authority, express or
legally implied, in the custody of any corporation, firm or individual
for storage, or for the purpose of having furnished for or on account
of the same any accessories, or tires, the corporation, firm or individual
in whose custody said automobile or part thereof is left for all or any of
the purposes aforesaid, shall have a lien on said motor vehicle or part
thereof for all charges so incurred, and may lawfully retain the same
until said charges have been paid, or until said lien is extinguished or
discharged as hereinafter provided. Said lien shall be superior to the
rights of the holders of conditional sale contracts, bills of sale, chattel
mortgages or other liens or claims of any kind which are not executed
and recorded as required by law, but shall be subordinate to the rights
of holders of such conditional sale contracts, bills of sale, chattel mort-
gages or liens or claims where the same have been executed and recorded
as required by law. Surrender or delivery of any motor vehicle subject
to the lien aforesaid shall operate as a waiver or extinguishment of the
same as against third persons without notice thereof, but shall not oper-
ate as such waiver or extinguishment as against the owner, or as against
third persons with notice.
In the case of a dispute as to the amount of the charge of such garage
keeper or other custodian as aforesaid, such dispute shall be determined
by appropriate legal proceedings, and the lien of such custodian shall
continue until the final determination of such action, whereupon execu-
tion may issue and the property be sold under the same.
The remedies for enforcing the aforesaid lien herein provided shall
not be taken to preclude any other remedies allowed by law for the
enforcement of a lien against personal property, nor bar the right to
recover so much of the custodian's claim as shall not be paid by the
proceeds of the sale of the property.
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