153. When bailee's lien is available.

153. When bailee's lien is available.

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(iii)     Bailee's Lien

As a general rule a custodian for reward has, in the absence of some special agreement1, no lien2 for his charges upon the chattel entrusted to him for safe custody alone3, though, unless the terms of the contract exclude it4, he acquires a lien if, with the owner's consent, he