Powell v. A. K. Brown Motor Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Circuit Judge E. H. Henderson, Acting Associate Justice:

On September 15, 1938, the respondent Liston Powell, took his automobile to the place of business of the A. K. Brown Motor Company, in the Town of Lake City, to have repairs made to a tire. The appellant, a corporation, was an automobile dealer, and operated a shop where repairs to automobiles were made.

An hour later, at 12 :30 o’clock the plaintiff returned to the shop to get his car, and found that it had been removed. About thirty minutes passed, according to the defendant’s witnesses, when…