Byalos v. Matheson

Plaintiff: brought suit against Arnold Matheson and Harold Matheson, copartners, doing business as Walton-Kedzie Garage tó recover damages he had sustained by reason of damage done his automobile. The case was dismissed as to Arnold Matheson and a finding and judgment entered against the defendant Harold Matheson for $170.

The record discloses that the defendant was conducting a public garage in Chicago; that plaintiff bought a new automobile and kept it in the defendant’s garage. After he had it for a few weeks, it was stolen from the garage and some time later plaintiff recovered it at…