Porter v. Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc.

The evidence establishes that for a fee plaintiff purchased a license to park her automobile on land owned and maintained by defendant for the purpose of affording convenient parking space to its patrons. For the fee she was permitted to and did drive her car onto defendant’s land, park it, lock it and leave it while she was temporarily on another part of defendant’s premises attending a horse racing event. During plaintiff’s absence from her car while it was so parked it was removed and many of its parts and accessories were stolen. Plaintiff sued defendant and recovered judgment on the…