Fields v. Steyaert

OPINION

OGG, Judge.

This matter comes before us as a test case to determine the lien rights of a towing operator who is called by a deputy sheriff to an accident scene to remove a disabled automobile after the injured owner has been taken unconscious to a hospital.

On January 2, 1969 a deputy sheriff, in the process of investigating a traffic acci*31dent, called the defendant Fields — who operated a towing service — to remove the disabled automobile belonging to plaintiff Steyaert. Fields towed Steyaert’s automobile to his garage premises where it was stored. Approximately a month later the…