Cockerel v. Caldwell

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALLEN, District Judge.

This action, originally testing the constitutionality of K.R.S. 376,270 and 376.-280(1), but now limited to a challenge to the latter statute, arises out of the following fact situation:

In October, 1973, plaintiff’s 1965 Chevrolet Station Wagon was towed to a Texaco Station in Henryville, Indiana. Plaintiff sought the assistance of defendant Virgil Caldwell, a garageman located in Louisville, Kentucky, who agreed to a $50 towing fee to procure the car from the Texaco Station and hold it in Louisville until he was reimbursed by plaintiff. On…