Pacific States Finance Corp. v. Freitas

This case presents the legal question of the right of a garage-keeper to assert a lien, under section 3051 (limited somewhat by section 3051a) of the Civil Code, for accumulated compensation for storage of an automobile and for repairs made and supplies furnished therefor, when the owner or person having control of the automobile is allowed to remove it day by day for use in his own pursuits.

The defendant Freitas is the proprietor of a garage known as the Motor Arms Garage in San Francisco.

In the month of January, 1929, the defendant Bonilla, who was then in lawful possession of a De Soto…