Legal Opinion
Banachowski v. Saunders
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 1963No. 3088PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal by a parking lot operator from a judgment holding him liable for the destruction of a 1960 automobile left in his custody.
Appellee testified that he parked his automobile on appellant’s lot, left the keys in the ignition, and told the attendant that he would reclaim it late in the evening or on the following day. For a number of months appellee had parked his automobile daily on the lot. Occasionally, he would reclaim it either late in the evening or the next day. When he did so, appellant’s attendant would remove the key from the ignition and hide it,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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