Eesley v. Dottellis
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
PIOOD, Associate Judge.
Plaintiff’s automobile while parked in front of his house was run into by a car which had been left in possession of defendant as bailee, and which at the time was operated by one Laulicht, without the permission of defendant. Laulicht’s possession of the automobile is explained by the following facts found by the trial judge, sitting without a jury.
Maurice DeLalla, owner of the car, took it on October 29 to the defendant’s garage to be repaired. Pie parked it in front of the garage, locked it, and returned the next day and gave the key to defendant and asked him to fix…
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