58-215. The voluntary delivery to the owner or claimant of any personal property by any person claiming a lien thereon, as provided in this act, shall be held to be an abandonment of such lien, and such lien may also be waived by special contract.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 58, § 10; L. 1872, ch. 142, § 10; March 21; R.S. 1923, 58-215.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Indicates possession is essential to lien. Loader v. Bank, 113 K. 718, 719, 216 P. 264.
2. Lien lost by surrendering cattle to owner. Hoy v. Griffin, 137 K. 872, 875, 22 P.2d 449.
3. Agister's lien claimed under 58-207; abandoned by voluntary surrender of horses. Chasteen v. Childers, 218 K. 519, 524, 525, 546 P.2d 935.
4. Lien waived; failure to file lien statement; possession of race car voluntarily surrendered. Weatherhead v. Boettcher, 3 K.A.2d 261, 262, 594 P.2d 257.
5. Basic legal principles of personal property liens reviewed; common-law requirement of possession still overriding consideration. Northeast Kansas Prod. Cred. Ass'n v. Ferbache, 236 K. 491, 494, 693 P.2d 1152 (1985).
6. Violation of consumer protection act (50-623 et seq.) held not to defeat a valid mechanic's lien; question of holding vehicle until repairs paid examined. Farrell v. General Motors Corp., 249 K. 231, 246, 815 P.2d 538 (1991).