Shaw v. Wheat Street Baptist Church

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff owned a 1962 Lincoln Continental which he parked in the parking lot of the Wheat Street Garden Apartments, located across the street from his residence, because "his own residence had no parking lot” and he had to leave his car on the street. Defendants posted a sign in one of their parking lots reading: "Tenants only other vehicles will be impounded.” Plaintiff apparently parked in another of defendants’ parking lots. He left his car there on August' 26, 1974. The car had been using a large quantity of oil and he decided "to park the car . . . [as he]…