Brooks v. R. A. Clark's Garage, Inc.

This is an action in trover to recover damages arising out of the repair and sale of plaintiff’s motor vehicle. Trial by the Court (Lovejoy, J.) resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

The court found the facts to be generally as follows: On October 23, 1975, plaintiff had his Jeep vehicle towed to the defendant garage, where he requested an estimate on certain repairs and subsequently orally authorized that the work be done. No written estimate of said work was provided nor did the plaintiff waive in writing such an estimate. Parties agreed that the subsequent auction sale…