Perham v. Putnam

This is a replevin action, instituted to recover possession of an automobile, seized and sold for taxes, or the value thereof, if possession might not be had.

Plaintiff was engaged in the business of selling automobiles. On a conditional sale contract, he sold an automobile to one George George, a resident of Butte, Silver Bow County. George took possession of the car and took it to the oil fields in Toole County and there used it throughout the summer and fall of 1924. In January, 1925, George had the car put in storage in the Eckel Motor Garage, conducted by the Eckel Motor Company, in…