275 P. 850 | Cal. Ct. App. | 1929
This is a companion case to that of Bentinck v. Menotti,ante, p. 409 [
The evidence shows the automobile was placed in the garage of Bell by the constable on the twenty-sixth day of September, 1927; that on the twenty-fourth day of December, 1927, Menotti, as constable, received an order to release the attachment upon said automobile, and immediately notified the attorney of the appellant that he could have possession of the automobile upon the paying of the garage fees. Menotti notified Bell to deliver the automobile to either the appellant or his attorney upon payment of his fees for storing and keeping the automobile. The appellant refused to pay the storage fees, which amounted to twenty-five dollars, and brought the present action in claim and delivery in the superior court of the county of Marin, and the court held that the appellant could not recover, and gave judgment for the defendants, and plaintiff, Bentinck, has appealed.
[1] In addition to the issues raised in the companion case there is here but one issue remaining to be determined, and that is: Was the appellant obliged to pay the garage fees before he could gain possession of his automobile? We think it is clear that the obligation to pay the garage fees rested upon the appellant; [2] the automobile being lawfully in the possession of the respondents by virtue of the attachment and the placing of the same in the garage for safekeeping, the garage costs became a lien upon the automobile. (Civ. Code, secs. 3051, 3057.) *414
In regard to garage costs the case of Newell v. McDonald,
See, also, the case of Robinett v. Connolly,
These authorities sustain the position of the respondents. Judgment affirmed.
Tyler, P.J., and Cashin, J., concurred.