Burns Motor Co. v. Briggs

The parties stand in this court in an order the reverse of that held in the court below, but will be referred to in this opinion as they were in that court.

The original action in the trial court was one in replevin, filed by Theodore Briggs, the owner of a Ford coupe automobile. The defendant, Burns Motor Company, in its answer alleged that the property was held and detained by it pursuant to a warehouse or storage lien, and by way of cross-petition sought recovery of the warehouse and towing charges in the sum of $20.

The plaintiff was a temporary resident of the city of Akron, and he kept…