Legal Opinion
Dines v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 11, 1990No. 88-P-996PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The plaintiff is engaged in the business of towing and storing vehicles. He brought an action in District Court seeking to recover for storage of a vehicle owned by the defendant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The case was tried on a statement of agreed facts, which we summarize as follows.
On October 15, 1985, the State police recovered a stolen trailer. Its owner was unknown. The police ordered it towed to the plaintiff’s storage facility. On January 7, 1986, the de fendant, owner of the trailer, learned that it was in the plaintiff’s possession but did nothing to regain it.
On March 11,…
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